Garda tells murder trial about trying to perform CPR on Garda Colm Horkan

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Garda Helen Gillen became emotional as she relayed how it was only when Gda Fallon went to attend to the man and pulled him over that they realised it was Detective Garda Colm Horkan (pictured) who had been shot. File picture

A garda has told a murder trial how she tried to perform CPR on her colleague Garda Colm Horkan after he was shot several times with his own gun.

Garda Helen Gillen recounted how she saw two men “grappling” before one stumbled backwards and she witnessed a man fire several shots into Gda Horkan as he lay on the ground.