In January, Diarmuid Phelan was unanimously acquitted by a Central Criminal Court jury of the murder of Keith Conlon on his farm in Dublin. Photograph: Diverhoyt/Wikipiedia Creative Commons licence
Law lecturer Diarmuid Phelan has been awarded legal costs that are likely to fall far short of the expected bill he faces after his acquittal of the murder of a trespasser on his Co Dublin farm.
The costs incurred by Mr Phelan, including various experts relied on by the defence, have been estimated around €1.25m.
According to legal sources, the costs awarded by the court on a legal aid scale are likely to be well short of that, perhaps half of the overall bill.
In January, Mr Phelan (56) was unanimously acquitted by a Ce
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