Further charges against South Circular Road murder accused

A man accused of murdering his friend in a stabbing incident at a Dublin flat has been further charged with the attempted murder of another man and robbing him of €14,000.

Gardaí started a murder investigation after Leo Carolan (25), a student from Dún Laoghaire, died on October 4th last at his home on the South Circular Road.

A second man, Swiss national Ludovic Thomas, was found injured on the road outside and was rushed to hospital with serious knife wounds.

Charles Cleary (23), of no fixed abode but from the Rathfarnham area, was arrested on October 8th and charged with murdering Mr Carolan and with assault causing harm to Mr Thomas. He was remanded in custody after a court appearance on October 10th last.

He appeared via video-link at Cloverhill District Court on Friday and Judge Victor Blake heard that two additional charges were brought against him - the attempted murder of Mr Thomas and theft of €14,000 from him on October 4th last.

Det Sgt Adrian Whitelaw told Judge Blake that the accused had no response when the fresh charges were put to him. The court heard the DPP has directed that Mr Cleary is to face trial on indictment.

Judge Victor Blake remanded Mr Cleary in custody to appear again in a week. He granted Mr Cleary legal aid.