Witness tells of 'all-out riot' that was starting at scene of man's killing at Kerry cemetery

The court heard the witness testify: 'I saw other people with things when they were running. I barely saw them. I saw an implement similar to a sword. I saw implements all over the place'

The witness told the court: 'I saw Tom Dooley (pictured) and he seemed to be dead, there wasn’t a stir out of him.' Picture via Facebook

A witness present in the graveyard in Tralee on the day 43-year-old Tom Dooley was killed at a funeral told the judge and jury in the murder trial that he saw one man with a sword raised and he thought an “all-out riot” was about to happen.

Eyewitness Michael Kennedy — a halting site caretaker — was present near the entrance to the cemetery that morning. On Wednesday he described what he saw.