No evidence of intruders after gar

Gardai found no intruders when they responded to a report of a suspicious male at a house that has been linked to the man accused of murdering Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe.

The call, made at 4.38am four days before the shooting, was made by the occupants of a house belonging to the parents of the accused man Aaron Brady’s best friend, who has also been named as a suspect for the robbery.

Gardai said they found no intruders and could see no evidence of footprints on the wet grass in the garden.

The jury has previously heard that Mr Brady told gardai he went to the same house to sleep after leaving his girlfriend’s home some time around 3am on the morning after Det Gda Donohoe was shot dead.

Garda Fergal McCarthy told prosecution counsel Lorcan Staines SC he was working in the divisional control room in Drogheda, Co Louth on January 21, 2013.

At 4.38am he received a 999 call from a man who gave a name and address in north Louth and said three males in black clothing were in the yard of his house.

Garda Damien Welby told prosecution counsel Lorcan Staines SC that he was driving a garda patrol car in the Dundalk district on January 21, 2013 when, at 4.40am, he responded to the report of a possible trespasser.

When he arrived he met two youths. One of them gave his name, which can’t be published for legal reasons.

He believed the second person present was this man’s brother.

The men then said they heard a noise, looked outside and saw someone wearing all black near a lorry container in their yard.

Gda Welby went outside to look, he said, and noted no damage to the lock of the container.

The youth told him there was nothing missing in the yard.

Gda Welby also noticed there was no sign of foot