Witness: Gardaí offered me money

An alibi witness in a double murder trial has claimed gardaí offered him money to give evidence against the accused, a housemate and friend of his.

Audrias Grigiliunas, a 45-year-old baker, of Ardmoniel Heights, Killorglin, Co Kerry, alleged that gardaí called to him three weeks after he had been arrested for allegedly withholding information and said they knew the accused had killed a mother and her young daughter.

Aurimas Andruska, aged 28, of Ardmoniel Heights, Killorglin, Co Kerry, has pleaded not guilty to the murders of Jolanta Lubiene, aged 27, and her daughter Enrika, aged 8, at 9, Langford Downs, Killorglin, between June 14 and 16, 2013.