The nephew of murdered Limerick man Mr Kieran Keane named three men who he said had stabbed him numerous times and shot his uncle dead, a detective garda told the Central Criminal Court yesterday.
Det Garda John Nagle, Roxboro Garda station, said he spoke to Mr Owen Treacy some three hours after his uncle was shot and he himself was stabbed at Drombana, Limerick, last January 29th.
He said although Mr Treacy was very ill he was "quite coherent".
Det Garda Nagle told the jury that he asked Mr Treacy, "Who stabbed you and who shot Kieran Keane?
"He said slowly 'a green Hiace', then he said 'David Frogs Eyes Fats Stanners, James McCarthy, Moyross, and Smokie Costelloe'," he added.
The detective garda told the jury that Mr Treacy also mentioned "Quilligan's Yard".
In direct examination, the detective told Mr John O'Sullivan, prosecuting, that Mr Treacy spoke about a "corner" house in a housing estate where he and Kieran Keane were held before being driven to Drombana.
Cross-examined by Mr Michael Moloney, defending Mr Desmond Dundon, Det Garda Nagle said Owen Treacy gave him no further details, but from other information he received he believed the house was in Roundwood, Rossbrien.
"When we came across this house we did not know it was the house Owen Treacy was held in." Asked about the source of this information, Det Garda Nagle replied: "the incident room".
In other evidence, a local woman, Ms Rosita Penny, said she was passing 79 Roundwood at around 9.10 p.m. on the night of the killing. She noticed a green van reversed into the garage. Its interior light was on and the engine was running.
Asked if there was anyone inside the van, she said no.
The court also heard that a man named as Mr X - and who was implicated by Owen Treacy - had access to the house in Roundwood.
It had been idle for some months before the abduction of Mr Keane and Mr Treacy.
Five men have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mr Keane and the attempted murder of Mr Treacy, and to falsely imprisoning both men.
They are: Mr David Stanners; Mr Desmond Dundon; Mr Anthony McCarthy; Mr Christopher Costelloeand Mr James McCarthy.
The trial continues at Cloverhill Courthouse.