Murder accused was forced to drive car, court hears

A traveller accused of murder told gardaí he was forced to drive the getaway car for two gunmen against his will, a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

"They forced me to do it. My father and Teddy Boy gave me an awful beating and told me I had to go," Patrick Harty told Detective Garda Con Brosnan at Tuam Garda station in July 1999.