Senior counsel accuses deceased’s brother of lying

A MURDER trial in Tralee heard the brother of the deceased testify yesterday that he saw the accused man showing no mercy as he drove a slash hook through his brother, who was lying on the ground.

Michael McCarthy, of 121 Ballyspillane, Killarney, Co Kerry, is on trial at the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Cork, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge of murdering Michael Faulkner at Mitchell’s Crescent, Tralee, Co Kerry, on August 23, 2004.

John Faulkner, 48, was about to have a cup of tea in his own house after breaking up a row between his brother, Michael, and another man, unrelated to the McCarthy family. He drove this other man away from the area as he felt that his brother was “in his face”. He then returned.