Accused ‘said prayer after wife was shot’

The jury in the trial of a Cavan man accused of murdering his wife has heard that the accused said a prayer moments after the mother of their four children was shot at the family home.

Oliver Kierans, aged 57, of Drumbannon, Bailieborough, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Patricia Kierans, aged 54, on September 5, 2013, at the same address.

He also pleaded not guilty to unlawful possession of a 12-gauge double-barrel shotgun and not guilty to possession of the same shotgun with intent to endanger life.