Silver denies murdering Gda Colm Horkan but admits to manslaughter
Opening the prosecution’s case on Tuesday, Mr Dwyer said the State takes a view on the evidence that Mr Silver is guilty of the crime of capital murder. Outlining the facts of the case, the barrister said Gda Horkan was a single man who lived with his father in Charlestown, Co Mayo and had spent almost 25 years as a member of An Garda Síochána.
The woman was flying out of Ireland on June 17th and Mr Silver left Dublin that morning. Detailing the evidence that will be heard, Mr Dwyer said the accused travelled in a van to Castlerea, arriving there in the early afternoon. Mr Silver spoke to a friend at a train station, who showed him videos on Facebook of a garda raid earlier that month on the home of another of the accused’s friends, James Coyne.
Mr Dwyer also indicated to the jury that some of the neighbours called gardaí and one neighbour recalled he heard someone who answered the description of Mr Silver shouting: “I dare the armed squad to come down here now.” Counsel said the court will hear that as the men came into the centre of Castlerea at the corner of Patrick Street and Main Street, Gda Horkan pulled up beside them, and appeared to roll down the passenger window. Mr Silver spoke to the garda at the window of the vehicle.
At this stage, Mr Dwyer said two other gardaí arrived at the scene in a marked garda patrol car having left the Knockroe estate. They were the first gardaí on the scene and had heard the shots as they drove past before turning around and blocking the road.Mr Silver told gardaí: “That man tried to attack me and with all that’s going on with the police in the world, I shot him.”
There will be further evidence that Gda Horkan had blunt force trauma to his left eye and left temple, which had a similar configuration to the butt of the pistol and may have been caused by a blow with the butt of the gun. Mr Silver said he found out afterwards that Gda Horkan was dead, saying: “I’m angry about it as a garda tried to kill me, is that a garda car?”
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