Accused protested innocence to gardaí, court told

One of two men accused of murdering a 65-year-old grandmother told gardaí he “played no role in the death of that poor woman”, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

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