Jury to begin deliberations in Limerick murder trial

The jury will begin its deliberations tomorrow in the trial of a Limerick man accused of murdering another man two years ago.

Kevin Coughlan (aged 29), of Avondale Drive, Greystones, Limerick has pleaded not guilty to 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 Lower Hartstonge Street and Steamboat Quay in Limerick on November 28 2009.

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

The court heard the 47-year-old’s body was found six weeks later on a bank of the River Shannon on farming land at Portrine, Co. Clare on February 5, 2010.

The jury of 10 men and two women will begin their deliberations tomorrow.