DPP won't proceed with case against woman charged in connection with 1988 death of her father

The Director of Public Prosecutions has decided not to proceed with a prosecution against a woman from Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan who had been charged in connection with her father's death in 1988. Sharon Cullen, 39, had faced a charge of unlawfully and maliciously causing grievous harm with intent to murder at an address in Crumlin, Dublin on 13 May 1988. The decision followed a Supreme Court ruling in October 2014 which dismissed the DPP's appeal against a High Court order that had halted the prosecution on grounds of delay. A nolle prosequi, formally discontinuing the case, was entered at the Central Criminal Court today.