Murder trial hears how Limerick boxer was run over by jeep as he fought to get up off ground

Derek Hanlon told the court that he did not know if the jeep hit Irish boxing champion Kevin Sheehy a third time

Kevin Sheehy, a five times Irish boxing champion, died after being struck by a vehicle. Photo: Barry Cregg/Sportsfile

A witness has described how Irish boxing champion Kevin Sheehy fought to get up off the ground before a UK-registered jeep ran him over at speed.

"People were screaming. The jeep tried to go for all of us then," Derek Hanlon told the Central Criminal Court today.