Court hears evidence of attempted hijackings prior to murder

The Central Criminal Court has heard evidence of a series of attempted hijackings and a serious assault in Dundalk town, in the minutes leading up to the alleged murder of Aidan Myers in 2006.

A key witnesses in the murder trial of Angelo O'Riordan, described how he was attacked with a 3-foot long blade after his car was hijacked, on the night that Mr Myers was allegedly attacked with a machete and run over.