This article is from page 3 of the 2007-11-06 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 3 JPG
IT TOOK Anthony Kelly just a “couple of minutes” to show James Martin Cahill how to use a gun at his Kilrush home, Cahill claimed in the Central Criminal Court in Cloverhill on Monday.
However, Mr Kelly’s _ barrister, Michael O’Higgins S.C., pointed out that this was not what Cahill had told
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“In your first account, you said it could have been up to an hour. In your second account, you said at least half an hour,” said Mr O’Higgins. Cahill replied, “It was only a couple of minutes. He showed me how to use the gun.”
Counsel asked him why did he give a different account to gardai. Cahill replied, “I wasn’t sure at the time. It
only took a couple of minutes.”
Mr O’Higgins said Cahill alleged that when he went to Anthony Kelly’s house, the latter phoned Joseph Kel- ly, who arrived five minutes later.
“He told the gardai that Joseph Kel- ly went off to retrieve the weapon. That took about 25 minutes.
‘That puts you in Anthony Kel- ly’s house half an hour,’ said Mr O’ Higgins. Cahill replied, “It wasn’t
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He said Anthony Kelly showed him how to use the gun inside the house. There were some discussions outside the house but he was not really sure what about. Cahill said he was “cer- tain” he was in Kilrush with another man in a car that day.
“It could be on the camera going into Kilrush by the Garda station,’ he told the court.
Counsel said, “why do I get a ter- rible sinking feeling everything is going to be all vague now with times and places?”’
Cahill replied, “I’m not sure about times”. Cahill rejected a claim by counsel that he was “obsessed” with euns. Mr O’Higgins said changes in Cahill’s evidence came out “in a hap- hazard manner”.
The trial continues today.