Man accused of shooting his best friend told guards deceased threatened to rape his grandmother

A trial began at the Central Criminal Court concerning the death of a 20-year-old man shot in County Kildare in April 2013. Three men aged 21 were arraigned: one pleaded not guilty to murder and to possession of a sawn-off shotgun with intent to endanger life, though he admitted guilty to possession of the firearm in suspicious circumstances. The other two defendants pleaded not guilty to murder and to related…