Accused learned of shooting on news, court hears

One of two men accused of murdering a 65-year-old woman said in a statement to gardaí he “saw that a woman had been shot” on the Six o’clock news that night, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

Conor Grogan, aged 26, of Avonbeg Park, Tallaght, and Timothy Rattigan, aged 26, of St Dominick’s Terrace, Tallaght, have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mrs Joan Casey, aged 65, at Avonbeg Park on April 3, 2004.