Trio go on trial over man’s fatal stabbing

Three Limerick men have gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged in connection with the death of a 43-year-old man in the city last year.

Seán Flanagan, aged 28. and Paul Colbert, aged 46, both of Lenihan Avenue, Prospect, Limerick, have pleaded not guilty to murdering Gerard McMahon at a house on Lenihan Avenue on Jan 18, 2012.

Ian Flanagan, aged 24, of the same address, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of assisting an offender on the same date. The accusation against him is that he removed a CCTV device from their house, knowing it might form evidence in a prosecution against the other accused men.