Murder accused was gunman who shot grandfather ‘without mercy’, State intend to prove

The State intends to prove that a 28-year-old murder accused is the gunman who repeatedly shot a grandfather “quite viciously and without mercy” at the front door of his mother’s home, a prosecution barrister has told a jury.

Cailean Crawford (28) on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to the murder of Thomas McCarthy on July 27th 2020 at Croftwood Park, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10.

In his opening speech, prosecution counsel Bernard Condon SC told the jury that there is no doubt over whether Mr McCarthy was murdered, but rather it is a case of whether Mr Crawford is the one who did it.

He said there was “undoubtedly more than one person involved” in a “conspiracy” over the murder.

Mr Condon said that the Director of Public Prosecution’s case will be made using evidence from phone call records, the movements of several vehicles on CCTV and other Garda investigations at the time.

He said that all evidence leads to July 2020 when Thomas McCarthy, who was 55 years old at the time, was…

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