Murder accused describes accusations as 'hocus pocus'

A 29 year-old Kerry man has told a murder trial jury that to suggest he pre-planned and actively participated in his uncle’s killing was "hocus pocus, fiction" and "like something from the world of Peter Pan".

Murder accused describes accusations as 'hocus pocus'

A 29 year-old Kerry man has told a murder trial jury that to suggest he pre-planned and actively participated in his uncle’s killing was "hocus pocus, fiction" and "like something from the world of Peter Pan".

Eugene Daly (aged 29) was giving evidence in his own defence at the Central Criminal Court today. Mr Daly, of Doneen, Kilcummin, Killarney has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his uncle Mr Patrick (Paddy) Daly at Doneen on January 18, 1996.

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