Accused had 'smirk on his face' as he told garda he was resuscitating Garda Colm Horkan wrong

When accused Stephen Silver was told he had 'shot a guard', he responded, 'he wasn’t a guard', court heard

Stephen Silver has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan on June 17, 2020, at Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. File picture

Stephen Silver, who denies murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan, had a “smirk on his face” as he told a garda trying to resuscitate the detective that he was "doing it wrong" and that he was killing him, a witness has told the Central Criminal Court.

Garda Aidan Fallon said he was driving a garda patrol car when he saw two men fighting on the side of the street before he heard what he believed to be gunshots. He turned the garda car around and through the passenger side window he saw a man with a gun twice shoot another man who was lying on the ground.