Ambulance crew feared for safety, murder trial hears

Two ambulance crewmen told a murder trial jury at the Central Criminal court today how they feared for their own safety while tending to a stabbing victim at a house in Galway two years ago.

Denis O’Neill of the University College Hospital Galway ambulance crew, told the court how he and his partner, Jimmy Lawless, locked themselves into a kitchen while tending to stabbing victim Patrick Shaughnessy after they overheard a man’s voice saying "I’ll cut you to pieces" outside the kitchen door.