Man’s body was found in shed, murder trial hears

THE claim by a man accused of murder that the deceased had been burgling his mother’s house has been contradicted by the account of a witness, who said that the accused and the deceased had been out drinking together.

Timothy O’Driscoll, aged 34, from 12, St Rita’s Avenue, Gurranabraher, Cork, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of murdering Lee McCarthy, aged 25, at 12, St Rita’s Avenue on April 17.

Brendan Grehan SC, for the prosecution, raised the issue of the witness account in his opening of the case against O’Driscoll in front of Mr Justice Paul Carney and a jury of six men and six women at the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Cork yesterday.