Daughter, 7: I just heard bang bang bang

A 7-year-old girl who witnessed her father’s “execution” at their home told gardaí she felt a “little bit sad and a little happy because my dad is away from the bad boys now”, a murder trial has heard.

A Central Criminal Court jury yesterday heard that the girl gave officers a statement, telling them: “I just heard ‘bang bang bang’ — I could see my dad rolling around. I called my da.”

Keith O’Neill, aged 39, from Lissadell Drive, Drimnagh, Dublin, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering John Wilson on September 28, 2012, at his home on Cloverhill Rd, Ballyfermot.