Jury spends day listening to mobile phone evidence in murder trial
The jury in a Dublin murder trial spent today listening to technical evidence concerning mobile phone usage.
Various witnesses from mobile phone companies explained the workings of cell sites around Dublin City. Gardaí had requested information from the companies about which cell sites the four defendants’ phones had used around the time of the murder.
John Carroll (aged 33) was shot dead while socialising in Grumpy Jack’s Pub in the Coombe just after 9.30pm on February 18, 2009.
Father-of-two Bernard Hempenstall (aged 28) from Park Terrace, The Coombe; Peter Kenny (aged 29) of McCarthy’s Terrace, Rialto; Damien Johnston (aged 27) of Cashel Avenue, Crumlin; and Christopher Zambra (aged 35) of Galtymore Road, Drimnagh have all pleaded not guilty to his murder.
A fifth suspect admitted being heavily involved in the killing but was never charged; Joseph O’Brien was granted immunity and became the chief prosecution witness in the trial.
He says that Christopher Zambra was the brains behind the murder, that Bernard Hempenstall told the others where the victim was and that Damien Johnston drove alleged gunman Peter Kenny to the scene.
The trial continues at the Central Criminal Court before Mr Justice Barry White and a jury of eight men and four women.
