Woman ‘numb’ as Collins lay shot in hospital

The fiancée of murdered Limerick businessman Roy Collins has recalled how she felt "numb" while waiting on news of his condition in hospital on the day he was shot.

Woman ‘numb’ as Collins lay shot in hospital

Melissa Crawford yesterday gave evidence in the Special Criminal Court trial of Nathan Killeen, aged 24, of Hyde Road, Prospect and Wayne Dundon, aged 36, of Lenihan Avenue, Prospect, who 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.

The non-jury court has heard that Mr Collins was at work around noon that day when a gunman entered his amusement arcade and discharged a single shot, hitting him in the chest. He was conscious for a time, but his life could not be saved.

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