Brian Fitzgerald Murder Trial: Day 7
Cross examination of James Martin Cahill, the only man to be convicted in relation to the murder of Docs Nightclub Doorman, Brian Fitzgerald, will face cross-examination from today.
Yesterday, during forty minutes of evidence, Cahill outlined both his role and made allegations in relation to the roles the four accused played in the plot to murder Mr. Fitzgerald.
Legal representatives from each of the defendants, Gary Campion of Pineview Gardens, John and Desmond Dundon of Ballinacurra Weston and Anthony Kelly from Kilrush, County Clare will question Cahil from today.
It is expected that cross examination will take several days.
James Martin Cahill has gone under cross-examination from councel for both Gary Campion and Desmond Dundon.
Cahill told Conor Devally SC, Councel for Gary Campion that he was afraid that he would be killed in prison by either one of the officers or by “politicals.”
“I was in the cell in Portlaoise and they were talking above me. They were saying the murder victim didn’t get a chance.” he told the court.
Cahill told the court that he could hear screaming and voices in his head and it only stopped when he told the truth about all the things he had done in his life. These voices, he claimed, began while in solitary confinement whilst serving a five year prison term for being in possession of a machine gun which he claimed was going to be used in a murder in Dublin, for which he was being paid €50,000.
He began to see a psychologist in 2005. It was in November of the same year in which he began to make a series of detailed statements to Gardai in relation to the Fitzgerald murder. He had previously told the court that he was having flashbacks about the murder. “I could see it in pictures.”
He also told the court that Paddy “Dutchy” Holland and John Gilligan wanted his book of evidence in September 2005 so that they could give it to people in Limerick.
He said that he had never fired a gun before, however had fired a shotgun and a blank pistol during robberies.
Cross examination of Cahill is set to continue tomorrow.