Man threatened widow ‘I’ll get you’, says witness

Cold-case murder trial hears man cursed at woman hours before strangled body found in burning home

A witness has told a cold-case murder trial she saw the accused banging on the door of a widowed pensioner while cursing at her, hours before the widow’s strangled body was found in her burning house. She said she did not tell gardaí at the time because her mother told her not to get involved.

Geraldine Brennan was giving evidence to the Central Criminal Court yesterday in the trial of a 53-year-old man accused of murdering her neighbour 30 years ago.