Man denies bid to blackmail former FF councillor

A former Fianna Fáil councillor who claims he was blackmailed has told a jury he does not recall cocaine at a party in Blanchardstown in Dublin in 2006.

Wesley Higgins of Dundaniel Road, Kilmore, Coolock denies attempting to extort €5,000 from Liam Kelly by threatening to give pictures of the politician allegedly taking cocaine to a newspaper.