Jury hears that poker dealer 'is a patsy'

A former Las Vegas poker dealer accused of conspiring with a Clare woman to murder her partner and his two sons is a 'patsy' the prosecution is using to secure the conviction of his co-accused a jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The jury in the trial of Ms Sharon Collins (aged 45), with an address at Ballybeg House, Kildysart Road Ennis and Mr Essam Eid (aged 52), an Egyptian man with a Las Vegas address have heard the closing address of Mr Eid’s counsel Mr David Sutton SC.