Murder accused’s father was arrested

THE father of a man on trial for murder was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the crime within an hour of the killing taking place.

The detail emerged on day five of the trial at the Central Criminal Court, where a 31-year-old inner city man is charged with murdering another Dublin man on April 6, 2007.

Michael Taylor of Summerhill has pleaded not guilty to murdering Paul Kelly at Winston Ville apartments on Charlemont Road in Clontarf. The 26-yea- old, from O’Brien Hall in the inner city, died almost instantly when he was shot several times around 11.45pm.

Det Sgt David Gallagher testified yesterday that he was at the murder scene at 12.20am on April 7 when he got a call to Innisfallen Road in Drumcondra, where a colleague had stopped a black Saab.

“I arrested Michael Taylor Snr on suspicion of unlawful possession of firearms at Winston Ville apartments,” he said, referring to the defendant’s father.

He said that he was later part of a team that searched a house in Rutland Court in the city. There he arrested a second man, Thomas Fox, also on suspicion of unlawful possession of firearms at Winston Ville apartments.

The trial continues.