Patrick Quirke of Breanshamore in Co Tipperary, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Bobby Ryan, a part-time DJ known as Mr Moonlight.The prosecution claims Mr Quirke murdered Mr Ryan so he could rekindle an affair with Ms Lowry.
Senior Counsel Bernard Condon urged the jury to approach the prosecution case with scepticism, to test it, evaluate it and see if it passed the test of "beyond reasonable doubt". Mr Condon said the prosecution suggestion that someone had taken the time to make sure no forensic trace was left behind, was "wild speculation" and should not be adopted by the jurors "willy-nilly".
He said the jurors were being asked to make a very important decision on circumstantial evidence. Without hard evidence, he said, they had to be sure that they had the full picture.The prosecution's preferred theory was that Mr Ryan had been killed by blunt force from an instrument - but they had no nominated weapon which could have been used.
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