'Almost indescribable savagery': murder trial jury hears man suffered 'serious violence'

At the Central Criminal Court, a jury heard opening arguments in the murder trial of Liam O'Leary (33), who denies killing 58-year-old John Casserly at a Peter McVerry Trust housing unit on Tone Street, Ballina, County Mayo, between 23 and 24 October 2024. Dean Kelly SC told the jury that Mr Casserly, originally from Wigan but settled in Ballina since 2014, died following "almost indescribable savagery" involving…