Two Dublin men accused of the murder of gangland figure Eamon Kelly are connected to the shooting through “circumstantial evidence” including CCTV footage, fingerprints and firearm residue, the Special Criminal Court was told yesterday. The state’s prosecuting barrister told the trial of Kenneth Donohoe and Darren Murphy that the former had made “two off-the-record comments” to gardai in an informal setting, where he said that “he had not realised that Kelly would be shot but thought it would be a robbery”. SponsoredBrendan Grehan SC, for Donohoe, said that the “alleged informal comments” were “absolutely denied” by his client and the defence awaited “with anticipation” whether the state would call this evidence “when it comes to it”. Donohoe, 42, of Hazelgrove, Tallaght, and Murphy, 50, of

Source: The Times June 09, 2021 23:06 UTC