Resuming his opening address to the jury on Wednesday, prosecuting counsel Paul Murray SC said that he had given “a snapshot” of the case on Tuesday and he now wanted to go into a little bit more detail as to what they can expect to hear during the eight week trial. He said that murder cases come “in all shapes and sizes” and one can have a situation where an accused is “caught red-handed” at the scene. “This is not that sort of case,” he noted.
At that point in time, Mr Murray said, gardaí had “a starting point” for the van at Bray Harbour , a “midpoint” for the van at Cabinteely and an “end point” for the van at Pigeon House. “We also have a witness who saw the van there [at Pigeon House Road] at 8.15am and a man with a bicycle,” he said. “Armed with that information that there was a man with a bicycle at the van, the garda investigation continued. You will hear evidence in relation to that,” he said.
In relation to the movement of the vehicle on May 29, Mr Murray said there was another vehicle, a grey Volkswagen Polo which had two very distinctive features. “Something had happened to the right wing mirror of the vehicle and there was black tape on it and a hub cap was missing on the front passenger wheel,” he said. He said that “a link” can also be made between Mr Cervi and the Volkswagen Polo which featured on May 29 but also on other occasions.
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