Cobh murder trial hears accused threatened to 'chop fingers off' in text to victim

Court hears of months-long text feud over debts and threats in Cobh murder trial involving fatal sword wound

Dylan Scannell denies the murder of Ian Baitson but admits manslaughter. Picture: Dan Linehan

The man who denies murder in Cobh texted the deceased on the day saying: “I am going to smash you when I see you… I am going to chop your fingers off.” 

This evidence was given in the trial of 30-year-old Dylan Scannell, of O’Rahilly Street, Cobh, Co Cork, who denies murdering Cork chef Ian Baitson, in Eurospar car park, Newtown Road, Cobh, on March 19, 2024, but admits his manslaughter.