Gardaí go to wrong house to help victim

The trial of a 30-year-old from Sligo accused of murdering a pensioner has heard that an anonymous 999 caller said a man was tied up in a house, but that investigating gardaí went to the wrong address.

Simon McGinley, of Connaughton Rd, Sligo, has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to the manslaughter of Eugene Gillespie, aged 67, on September 22, 2012.

He pleaded guilty to the false imprisonment of Mr Gillespie and trespass to commit robbery at his home in Old Market St on September 19, 2012.