‘€20k was offered to play role in killing’

A convicted Limerick criminal told the Special Criminal Court that he was offered €20,000 to take part in the killing of publican Steve Collins, the father of murdered businessman Roy Collins.

Gareth Collins said he repeatedly refused to be the getaway driver in the killing and said Wayne Dundon told him to be the driver by mobile phone from his prison cell.

Wayne Dundon, aged 35, of Lenihan Avenue, Prospect; and Nathan Killeen, aged 23, of Hyde Rd, Prospect, have pleaded not guilty to the murder of 35-year-old Roy Collins at Coin Castle Amusements, Roxboro Road Shopping Centre, on April 9, 2009.