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Wife of biker murder accused tells trial she lives in fear

Date
2017-07-17

Stage
Trial

Primary locality
Limerick

Summary

During the Central Criminal Court hearing, May McNamara, wife of 51‑year‑old Alan McNamara, testified that she has lived in fear for the last two years following the 2015 shooting of Andrew O'Donoghue. She described how, after a night out on 19 June 2015, she found her husband on the ground with a "big man on top of his back" and a third man holding her back. She identified the men as Kevin Ryan, Jim 'Bob' McInerney and Dermot McKenna. She recounted a later encounter when a car with three men, one armed, threatened to kill her husband and burn their house. She also mentioned that her son Robert Cusack, 28, pleaded not guilty to an offence related to her husband's case. The trial, with Mr McNamara pleading not guilty to murder, continues before Justice Paul McDermott and a jury.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Wife of biker murder accused tells trial she lives in fear. Charges or matters: the murder of Andrew O'Donoghue on June 20, 2015 at Mountfune; impeding Mr McNamara's apprehension knowing or believing him to have committed a serious offence. Procedural stage: trial

When:

June 20, 2015 Incident
Friday June 19, 2015 Other
2017-07-17 Publication

Case subjects

Alan McNamara

Accused

Charges: the murder of Andrew O'Donoghue on June 20, 2015 at Mountfune; impeding Mr McNamara's apprehension knowing or believing him to have committed a serious offence (Alleged Or Contested)

Plea: Not guilty

Robert Cusack

Accused

Charges: impeding Mr McNamara's apprehension knowing or believing him to have committed a serious offence (Alleged Or Contested)

Plea: Not guilty