Girlfriend of victim identifies murder accused in court

The girlfriend of a man shot dead while he was sleeping in his home in Cavan last year has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that the accused man was the assailant.

Nicole Lennon (aged 20) told the court that she had been asleep beside her partner, Darren McGrath (aged 33), at their home in Belturbet, Co Cavan, when she woke up and saw a man standing above her.