Trial of man accused of murdering pensioner hears 999 call

A 30-year-old man from Sligo has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of a 67-year-old pensioner in September 2012. The trial at the Central Criminal Court heard evidence of a 999 emergency call made on September 20, 2012, in which the caller reported a man tied up in a house near Sligo Garda Station. A garda sergeant who received the call described it as very brief…