A judge has taken the "exceptional measure" of directing a trial jury to find two men accused of the attempted murder of a teenager in Dublin not guilty due to a lack of evidence against them.
Upon receiving Ms Justice Eileen Creedon's judgement, the two men stood and celebrated in the dock, slapping hands and hugging, with accused man Jamie Berry telling his supporters in the court: "I'm going home! I'm going home soon!"
Today, Ms Justice Creedon ruled on an application from the defence to drop the charges against Mr Berry and Stephen Mulvey, who had been accused of the attempted murder of a then 17-year-old boy at a residential estate in southside Dublin at around 10.55pm on the night of February 24, 2021.
