Murder accused was a fantasist who told lies, says former girlfriend

An ex-partner of a man on trial for a double murder has testified that he was a fantasist and “told a lot of lies”.

Mark Nash, aged 42, who has last addresses at Prussia St and Clonliffe Rd in Dublin, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the murder of Sylvia Shields, aged 60, and Mary Callanan, aged 61, between March 6 and March 7, 1997.

Lucy Porter, who was in a relationship with Mr Nash in March 1997, yesterday told counsel for the State, Brendan Grehan SC, that she was living with the accused and their child in Prussia St in Dublin 7 in March 1997 .