Accused was ‘very nervous’, garda testifies
“He was sweating a lot. He kept trying to wet his lips with his tongue but his mouth was too dry.”
They had met Mr O’Brien on his route and on the journey to his house O’Brien continued to be anxious and nervous. He told gardaí he did not know where his wife was but that she had gone off before and stayed in Jury’s Hotel for the night before returning home.
