O’Brien: I had no hand, act or part in wife’s murder

A WATERFORD man told a Central Criminal Court jury that he had “no hand, act or part” in his wife’s murder and had no idea he would end up facing a murder investigation.

Bus driver John O’Brien, aged 41, with an address in Ballinakill Downs, Co Waterford, denies murdering 35-year-old Meg Walsh on a date between October 1, 2006, and October 15, 2006.

The mother-of-one’s body was recovered from the River Suir on October 15, 2006. She had died from blunt force trauma to the head.