The jury in a Dublin murder trial was sent home yesterday as the chief prosecution witness was unwell and unable to give evidence.
Joseph O’Brien (26) has spent more than a week in the witness box at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of four men charged with murdering a father-of-three in a city pub.
John Carroll (33) was shot dead in Grumpy Jack’s pub in the Coombe just after 9.30pm on February 18th, 2009.
Peter Kenny (28) of McCarthy’s Terrace, Rialto; Christopher Zambra (35) of Galtymore Road, Drimnagh; Damien Johnston (27) of Cashel Avenue, Crumlin; and Bernard Hempenstall (26) of Park Terrace, the Coombe, have pleaded not guilty to his murder. The trial will resume on Monday.