Murder trial told of OAP’s ‘horrendous’ injury

The trial of a 30-year-old Sligo man accused of murdering a pensioner has heard that injuries to the deceased were “a horrendous sight to behold”.

Simon McGinley of Connaughton Road, Sligo, has pleaded not guilty to murder but has admitted the manslaughter of Eugene Gillespie, 67, in Co Sligo on September 22, 2012.

He has 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.