Accused’s card was used to pay for tickets

A debit card belonging to a 72-year-old man who denies impeding the prosecution of his son for a fatal hit- and-run was used to pay for his son’s flight to Australia following the incident, a jury was told yesterday.

The prosecution in the case called several witnesses from travel companies who stated that the credit card used to pay for various travel expenses was owned by the accused.

Daniel ‘Dan Joe’ Fitzgerald, of Knockeen, Meelin, Newmarket, Co Cork, is on trial for a second day at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.