Gareth Collins testifies in Roy Collins murder trial

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Gareth Collins testified in the Roy Collins murder trial at the Special Criminal Court. The proceedings were reported on 12 May 2014.

Gareth Collins said he was offered €20,000 to drive a getaway car for the proposed killing of Steve Collins, Roy Collins’s father, but refused. He said Wayne Dundon and Nathan Killeen repeatedly tried to persuade him to participate. Gareth Collins said Wayne Dundon threatened him during a mobile phone call from prison and tried to force him to take part.

Roy Collins was shot in the chest at Coin Castle Amusements at the Roxboro Road Shopping Centre on 9 April 2009 and died in hospital.

Wayne Dundon and Nathan Killeen had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Roy Collins. The trial was continuing at the Special Criminal Court.