Deceased threatened to burn accused’s house, jury told

A man was stabbed to death after he threatened to burn down the house of the man accused of his murder during a row over a €100 drug debt, a witness has told the Central Criminal Court.

William Gilsenan, aged 24, of The Green, Larch Hill, Oscar Traynor Road, Santry, Dublin 17, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Edward Fitzgerald, aged 29, in the car park outside the accused’s home on October 17, 2014.

Charlie Brodigan told Orla Crowe, prosecuting, that he was in college with Mr Gilsenan that morning. They finished in the early afternoon, went to the gym and then took a taxi together to the accused’s home. When he arrived he noticed two people in a car looking at him and then the driver, whom he later knew to be Mr Fitzgerald, got out and started arguing with Mr Gilsenan.