Stephen Silver, who is on trial for capital murder, told detectives that Garda Colm Horkan “shot himself accidentally” because he was “an idiot with a firearm”, the Central Criminal Court has heard.
STEPHEN SILVER, WHO is on trial for capital murder, told detectives that Garda Colm Horkan “shot himself accidentally” because he was “an idiot with a firearm”, the Central Criminal Court has heard.
Later in the interview, Silver added: “ You guys forced me to do it by sending a guy up to shoot me. I like guns and arrows ye like guns and getting fat.” Asked by Delaney if he observed anything about Silver’s clothing since the previous interview, Det Inspt Hanley said there was a rip down the centre of the accused’s T-shirt and a rip on his tracksuit bottoms also.
Today, the jury viewed footage of two garda interviews conducted with Silver on 18 June 2020 with Detective Inspector Hanley and Detective Inspector Patrick Farrell of the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation.He also told the two detectives: “I’ve had other incidents in garda stations. This is the easiest police situation I’ve been in. And I’ve shot a man. I’ve had worse things walking down the street. I’ve been battened. For nothing.
Asked about the struggle between himself and Garda Horkan, the accused said it took place on the ground. He said he hit Garda Horkan with “the back of the gun” but said the garda “would have shot the first couple of shots. He had the gun out. After that I don’t really remember the whole thing like. But it definitely wasn’t my gun.”
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