Officers tells of 'horror' on faces of bystanders at scene of Garda Colm Horkan's killing

The court also heard Stephen Silver told another garda: “I didn’t know what he was going to do to me, so I just grabbed the gun from him, and I shot him.”

Stephen Silver (pictured) has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Det. Gda Horkan on June 17, 2020, at Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. File picture

Stephen Silver, who denies murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan, told a garda at the scene of the shooting that the deceased “wasn’t a very good” detective, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Sergeant Michael O’Hara was the third garda on the scene following Det. Gda Horkan’s shooting and when he arrived, he saw Mr Silver in handcuffs speaking to Gda Aidan Fallon.