Limerick murder trial begins

A jury has been sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the trial of a man accused of murdering another man in Limerick two years ago.

Kevin Coughlan (aged 29), of Avondale Drive, Greystones, Limerick has pleaded not guilty of murdering Francis Greene at Steamboat Quay on a date unknown between November 28 and November 29, 2009.

He has pleaded not guilty to the false imprisonment of Mr Greene between 9 Lower Hartstonge Street and Steamboat Quay in Limerick on November 28, 2009.

He also pleaded not guilty to assaulting Roy Finn and not guilty the production of a knife during that alleged assault at 9 Lower Hartstonge Street on November 28, 2009.

The trial will begin tomorrow before a jury of 10 men and two women and is expected to last two weeks.