Court hears how McNally hit traveller 'like a badger'

The prosecution in the trial of a Co Mayo farmer who has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of a traveller more than two years ago, has claimed he hit the deceased like a badger, before shooting him as he tried to limp away.

Padráig Nally (aged 62) of Funshinaugh Cross, Claremorris pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin to the unlawful killing of father of eleven John 'Frog' Ward after he entered his land on October 14th 2004.