Deluded Dwyer STILL denying Elaine murder

Sadistic killer refuses to accept crime after appeal fails

- MICHAEL O'TOOLE

MONSTER Graham Dwyer insists he is innocent of the murder of Elaine O'Hara.

Days after one of the highest courts in the country threw out his appeal against his 2015 conviction for the murder of Elaine O'Hara, sources said Dwyer has always maintained he had nothing to do with her death.

And, despite a mass of evidence, Dwyer even claims he was not in a relationship with the 36-year-old whom he groomed for murder for more than a year.

A source said: "He says he had nothing to do with Elaine's death.

"He is even denying that he was having an affair with her behind his wife's back.

"He says he was not having an affair with her, instead he was trying to help her and find a partner for her. He is deluded.

Dwyer, 50, is expected to spend up to another 20 years in prison after the three-judge Court of Criminal Appeal rejected his appeal against his murder conviction on Friday.

He is one of the most notorious killers in the Irish legal system and sources tell us he will be around 70 before he gets out from jail on licence.

CONVICTION

He had been hoping the court would uphold his fight against conviction - but the court dismissed every argument he put forward, including a claim by Dwyer's lawyers the use of call data records at his trial should lead to a retrial.