Drug case based on ‘coincidences’
Addressing the Circuit Criminal Court in Cork Blaise O’Carroll, senior counsel, said prosecution had suggested that the law did not like coincidences but he said on behalf of Joseph Daly, 41, from 9 Carisbrook Avenue, Bexley, Kent, “coincidences do happen.” Mr O’Carroll said: “If what he says could reasonably be true, you must acquit… Whatever was going on, Joe Daly was unaware of it. He has given you his account and run the gauntlet of cross-examination.
“He has gotten into the witness box and looked you straight in the eye to tell you he knew nothing about what was happening.”