Ballistics expert testifies in Mc Farlane trial

A retired Garda ballistics expert told the Don Tidey kidnap trial today that he concluded that gunfire from two automatic weapons had been fired in the direction of a recruit garda and soldier who were killed when the supermarket executive was rescued almost twenty five years ago.

A retired Garda ballistics expert told the Don Tidey kidnap trial today that he concluded that gunfire from two automatic weapons had been fired in the direction of a recruit garda and soldier who were killed when the supermarket executive was rescued almost 25 years ago.

The Special Criminal Court heard that gardaí found three rifles, a Steyr submachine gun and parts of a Soviet made fragmentation grenade in the wood, but never recovered the automatic weapons fired at Private Kelly and Garda Sheehan.