Gun residue ‘came from shooting at trees’

A Ballincollig man accused of a gun attack in Limerick City told gardaí that firearm residue found on his hand came from a shotgun he used days previously when out late at night shooting at trees on a Co Cork farm, a court heard.

Ian Horgan, aged 30, with an address at 68 Lenihan Avenue, Limerick, and originally from Inismore, Ballincollig, has pleaded not guilty at Limerick Circuit Court to having a shotgun on December 12, 2013, with intent to endanger life.

Sean Finnan, then aged 26, was shot and wounded when he went to the front door of his house at Byrne Avenue, Prospect, Limerick, and was hit by 23 shotgun pellets.