Garda murder trial told shooting 'a deliberate action with intent of murder'

Stephen Silver had a 'seething resentment' toward gardaí, jury told

Stephen Silver 'denied itching for a confrontation with the gardaí, but we suggest the evidence suggests the opposite', prosecuting counsel Michael Delaney SC told the jury. File picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Murder-accused Stephen Silver had a "seething resentment" toward gardaí and the shooting of Garda Colm Horkan was “a deliberate action done with the intent of murder," a prosecution barrister has told the Central Criminal Court.

In the closing statement for the prosecution in the trial of Mr Silver, 46, of Aughavard, Foxford, Co Mayo, Michael Delaney SC said Garda Horkan was a well-regarded garda of 25 years’ service with no disciplinary issues on his record, who had no idea when he signed out his firearm on the afternoon of June 17, 2020, that he would be shot dead with the same gun just nine hours later.