Court hears statement from former partner of man accused of 1997 double murder

A jury has heard two statements from the former partner of Mark Nash today.

A jury has heard evidence in the form of two statements from the former partner of a man on trial for a 1997 double murder.

Mark Nash (aged 42) who has last addresses at Prussia Street and Clonliffe Road in Dublin, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the murder of Sylvia Shields (aged 60) and Mary Callanan (aged 61) between March 6 and March 7, 1997.