Murder accused ‘distraught’ preparing to hand himself in

A murder accused was “distraught and upset” as he prepared to hand himself over to gardaí following a fight that left one man dead, his trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

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

John Curry was a neighbour of Mr Gilsenan in 2014 and today told Orla Crowe, prosecuting, that he overheard an earlier argument between Mr Gilsenan and the deceased. When he saw paramedics arriving he guessed Mr Gilsenan was involved and offered to help gardaí find him. He said he was a friend of Mr Gilsenan’s father, William Kinsella, who he called on the phone.