Prosecution closes case in murder trial

The prosecution closed its case today against two Kerry brothers accused of murdering a man known as ‘English Jim’ in Killarney as the jury was told that blood of the dead man and of one of the accused was found on a knife.

Shane O'Riordan (aged 19) and Gerard O'Riordan (aged 28) of 26 Arbutus Grove, Killarney, County Kerry, are on trial at the Central Criminal Court where they both deny the single charge of murdering James Brazier, 30, – also known as English Jim - at a housing estate in Killarney on April 15 2007.