Cork murder trial sees 'weapons'

A jury at the fourth day of a murder trial of a Cork man accused of murder today saw the alleged murder weapons, including a bloodied concrete block, a four-foot metal pipe, an iron bar, a six-foot metal gutter and a spear-like metal bar.

Mr Mark Allingham, aged 23, of Fr Murphy Place, Midleton, Co Cork has pleaded not guilty to the killing of Mr Gerard Hackett, aged 49, of the Cork Simon Community and Reen Downey Place, Cork City on a unknown date between October 16 and 21, 2002.