Guilty plea entered for murder of Roy Collins

JAMES Dillon of no fixed abode but from Limerick City will be sentenced on Wednesday for the murder of Limerick business man Roy Collins on April 9 of last year. The trial was due to begin this Tuesday at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin but before the jury was sworn in, Dillon was arraigned and entered a guilty plea when the charge was put to him.

24-year-old Dillon was remanded in custody and the case was adjourned until Wednesday morning when a victim impact statement is expected from the father of Roy Collins, publican, Steve Collins.

Dillon faces life in prison for the murder of Roy Collins after he was shot at the Coin Castle arcade in the Roxboro Shopping Centre just yards from one of the city’s largest garda stations. 

Pictured – Roy Collins who was murdered in April 2009 at the Coin Castle Arcade, Roxboro Shopping Centre.