Motorcycle gang threatened to burn accused’s home down with family inside, court hears

A man accused of shooting dead a biker told gardai that "tensions were running high" after members of a rival motorcycle club threatened to burn his house down with his family inside, reports Eoin Reynolds.

A man accused of shooting dead a biker told gardai that "tensions were running high" after members of a rival motorcycle club threatened to burn his house down with his family inside, reports Eoin Reynolds.

Alan ’Cookie’ McNamara (51), from Mountfune, Murroe, Co Limerick has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Andrew "AOD" O’Donoghue on Saturday June 20, 2015 at Mountfune.