Wexford stab victim refused to make ‘dying declaration’

A man who was dying from stab wounds to his torso refused to say how he suffered the injuries when a garda asked for a “dying declaration”, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The jury at the trial of James Connors, aged 29, of Rosemount, Drinagh, Co Wexford, heard the opening day of evidence yesterday. Mr Connors pleaded not guilty to murdering James Ryan, aged 27, at an apartment in Hollyville Heights in Wexford Town on January 25, 2012.

In opening the trial, Gerard Clarke, prosecuting, said it is the State’s case that Mr Ryan died from puncture wounds to the torso.