Cork man could have been dropping pair off to visit friends, trial hears

'Except that he was in a car with two people who committed a burglary and that later he was in a collision with a Garda car, there is nothing,' says defence counsel

Garda surveillance team momentarily 'locked eyes' with the defendant, says prosecution

The man accused of being a getaway driver for the burglary of a house when the owners were at Mass could have been dropping the other two men to visit friends, the defence has claimed – but the prosecution said he was in a joint enterprise.

Prosecution and defence lawyers in the case made their closing speeches on Wednesday and Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin began to address the jury of seven men and five women at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.