Case for the defence

EAMONN Lillis’s defence team yesterday pleaded for his acquittal after claiming the case for the prosecution did not stand up to scrutiny.

BL for the defence, Brendan Grehan, said that some witnesses during the trial, including Assistant State Pathologist Dr Michael Curtis, could not “exclude possibilities” because they were not there at the time.

He said the prosecution case seemed to be “he murdered her because he had the opportunity to do so – that seems to be the height of it”.