Prosecution case closes as cocaine trial nears end

THE jury in the biggest drugs trial in the history of the State will commence their seventh week at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on Monday knowing the end of the case is looming.

The prosecution has closed its case and Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin has told the jury: “The bulk of the journey is behind us.

“The prosecution case is finished. The defendants may or may not give evidence, I don’t know. They do not have to.