Dylan Scannell hit Cobh chef with a sword over debt, murder trial told

The prosecution told the jury in the Cobh murder trial that the two men knew each other

The prosecution case is that Dylan Scannell (pictured) attacked and struck Ian Baitson with a sword causing his death. File picture: Dan Linehan

A 30-year-old Cobh man got out of a car shortly before nine o’clock at night at a shopping centre car park to meet a man who owed him money and he struck him with a sword, it was alleged on Tuesday at the opening of a murder trial in Cork.

Dylan Scannell of O’Rahilly Street, Cobh, County Cork, replied to the charge of murdering Ian Baitson, in Eurospar car park, Newtown Road, Cobh, on March 19, 2024: “Not guilty to murder, guilty of manslaughter.”