Neighbours said they heard shout or scream

Two neighbours of a man who was beaten to death in an apartment last year told gardaí they heard a woman scream or shout on the night of the killing, a court has heard.

Gardaí in Waterford circulated questionnaires to locals in the aftermath of the death of Joe O’Brien, aged 60, who was killed on Apr 23 last year at Apartment 1, Scotch Marsh House, William St, Waterford.

Patrick Keating, aged 49, formerly of Moyne House, Grattan Square, Waterford, denies the murder.