SAVERIO BELLANTE IS due to appear in court today in connection with the killing of Tom O’Gorman.
The 34-year-old with an address at Beechpark Avenue in Castleknock was charged with murder on Monday and was remanded in custody.
Bellante told Blanchardstown District Court that he would represent himself in proceedings.
The body of 39-year-old Tom O’Gorman, who owned the house where Bellante was a lodger, was discovered in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The killing is believed to have happened after a disagreement over a chess game.
O’Gorman had been severely beaten with a dumbbell before being stabbed. Reports suggest that two of his organs were removed in the assault.
O’Gorman had worked at Catholic lobby group the Iona Institute for the past seven years. His family, friends and colleagues attended a service at St Teresa’s Church in Dublin city centre on Tuesday night to pay tribute to him and remember his life.
Bellante is due to appear before Cloverhill District Court at 10.30am.
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