Man offered chance to buy killing contract, court hears

A man who was allegedly the subject of a contract killing has told a jury in the Central Criminal Court he met a man calling himself Tony who offered him the chance to buy himself, his brother and his father out of the contract for €100,000.

Clare woman Sharon Collins (aged 45), of Ballybeg House, Kildysart Road, Ennis and Essam Eid (aged 53), an Egyptian man with a Las Vegas address have pleaded not guilty to conspiring to kill P.J, Robert and Niall Howard between August 1, 2006 and September 26, 2006. Ms Collins also denied hiring Mr Eid to shoot the three men.