Prosecution opens Cavan murder trial

A jury at the trial of a Cavan man accused of murder heard he had blown away the deceased with a shotgun as his partner slept in the bed beside him.

Trevor McCabe (aged 35), Mountpleasant, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Darren McGrath (aged 33) in Belturbet, Co. Cavan on May 20, 2008.