Accused ‘was looking for trouble’ on night of murder

A man accused of murder was “looking for trouble” on the night in question, a witness said on the second day of the trial in Cork yesterday.

Ciprian Grozavu, aged 39, of Bridge House, Sean Hales Place, Bandon, Co Cork, denies the charge of murder of John Forrester, aged 42, at Bridge House on November 12, 2011.

Trevor Buckley told Mr Justice Paul Carney and the six men and six women of the jury yesterday that he visited his parents in Crossbarry that night and then went drinking in the village with his brother and four friends. They got a taxi into Bandon and at about 10.30pm they encountered a man known as Chippy, the nickname for the accused, Ciprian Grozavu. They were near Bridge House when he (Mr Buckley) saw him crossing the road.