A 36-YEAR-OLD MAN charged with the murder of a young man in a stabbing in Tallaght has been further remanded in custody pending the preparation of a book of evidence.

Unemployed Patrick Murphy of Drumcairn Parade, Tallaght, was charged with the murder of 20-year-old Jordan Rowan (aka Pakenham) at Drumcairn Avenue, Tallaght, in the early hours of July 26.

Mr Jordan died following an incident in the Drumcairn Estate in Tallaght. 

He was taken from the scene to Tallaght University Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

In response to caution, the defendant had said: “I’m real sorry that he died. I didn’t mean for this to happen.”

Following a brief hearing at Dublin District Court on July 27, he was remanded in custody.

Mr Murphy appeared via video link before Judge Alan Mitchell at Cloverhill District Court today however, the prosecutors needed more time to complete the book of evidence. It has to be served on an accused before the District Court grants a return-for-trial order on request of the DPP.

Judge Mitchell remanded him in continuing custody to appear again on September 24 because the accused would not consent to a four-week adjournment.

The accused, who was unemployed, had been granted legal aid earlier.

The deceased was the eldest of four children in a family from the Rossfield area of Tallaght, about a kilometre from the scene.