Stephen Silver from Aughavard, Foxford in Co Mayo, has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter
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Between 15 and 17 June 2020, he had spent time with an Australian woman and stayed in the Carlton Hotel in Dublin before she flew out on 17 June and he returned to Roscommon. Prosecuting counsel James Dwyers said that around 10.30pm they went back to Castlerea and on the way to Mr Coyne’s home pulled up on the forecourt at Castlerea Garda Station.
Two other gardaí came on the scene and one arrested Mr Silver, whom the court heard made references to Black Lives Matter and the killing of George Floyd in the US and said"that man tried to attack me, with all that's going on with the police in the world, I shot him."
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