Deaf man 'made 999 sign' before death

A deaf man who was found dead in a country laneway in 1998 had earlier made the "999 sign" with his finger after sustaining a beating, a murder trial jury heard today.

Ms Bernadette Fitzgerald, the former girlfriend of Mr William Roche, a 23 year-old man accused of the murder of 21 year-old John Carroll was giving evidence at the second day of his trial at the Central Criminal Court.