Woman tells court her brother attempted to murder her husband

A woman has told a jury that her brother entered her bedroom, put a gun to her husband’s head and twice pulled the trigger.

Charlie Darcy (aged 20) denies attempting to murder his brother-in-law, Patrick Collins, at Cooley Road, Drimnagh, on August 31, 2008. He has also pleaded not guilty to burglary and aggravated burglary in that he entered the address with the intention to commit murder while in possession of a firearm.