Samuel Hughes (68) is accused of assaulting his neighbor, Eugene Driscoll (68), over a load of timber left by an ESB subcontractor. Mr. Driscoll claims he suffered broken ribs, a punctured lung, and other injuries during the altercation. The trial is expected to conclude on Friday.
A Wicklow man has gone on trial for an alleged violent assault on one of his neighbours in a row over timber that had been left for them by an ESB subcontractor who had been cutting trees in the area.
Mr Driscoll gave evidence that an ESB worker unloading the timber informed him that it was to be split three ways between himself, the defendant and a brother of the ESB subcontractor who also lived beside them. Mr Driscoll also recalled that his attacker said to him: “Now I’ll kill you, you English b*****d.” He explained that he was born in England but had lived in Ireland for the last 45 years.
Cross-examined by defence counsel, Edmund Sweetman, BL, Mr Driscoll claimed he was trying to drag a heavy piece of timber onto his wheelbarrow when the incident happened.
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