Phone of murder accused 'was used near murder scene'

The jury in the trial of a Dublin man, who was the alleged getaway driver for a gunman in a fatal shooting, has heard that the accused's phone was used near the scene, just minutes before the killing.

Giving evidence on day five of the trial, Detective Garda Pat Conlon told the Central Criminal Court that signals from a mobile phone mast on the northside of Dublin, show text messages were sent and received by the accused's phone in the vicinity of the shooting, on September 13, 2008.