Accused’s DNA was found on screwdriver

DNA on a screwdriver found at the scene of a fatal stabbing matched the deceased and one of the two men accused of his murder, a trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Sandra McGrath of Forensic Science Ireland said she matched the blood to Ger Hogan, aged 34, of Raheen Square, Ballinacurra Weston.

Mr Hogan and his co-accused Dylan Hayes, aged 22, of The Crescent, Kilteragh, Dooradoyle, Co Limerick have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Shane Murphy at The Grove, Pallasgreen, Co Limerick on April 30, 2015.