Sister of man shot in Fermoy gives evidence

The sister of a man shot dead outside her home broke-down in the witness box today as she gave evidence of realising the shouting and gunfire she had heard while trying to sleep, was that of her brother’s killer.

Iris Gibbons was giving evidence in the Central Criminal Court on the opening day of the trial of John Collins (aged 51), of Rathealy Road, Fermoy, Co Cork, who has pleaded not guilty to murdering John Mahon on the February 12, 2006.