Friends of Toyosi were ‘highly agitated’ at scene

A number of males, claiming to be friends of a Nigerian teenager who was stabbed on Good Friday two years ago, were in a “highly agitated and aggressive state” when gardaí arrived at the scene, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

Garda John Santry, one of the first gardaí at the scene of the murder of Toyosi Shittabey, aged 15, in Mulhuddart on Apr 2, 2010, told prosecuting counsel Brendan Grehan he had to ask the group several times to step away from the body while gardaí and ambulance crew attended to him.

Michael Barry, aged 26, of Pigeon House Rd, Ringsend, Dublin, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Toyosi Shittabey on Apr 2, 2010, at The Boulevard, Mount Eustace, Tyrrelstown, Dublin. Mr Barry has also pleaded not guilty of producing a baseball bat during a dispute.