The trial of two men charged with the murder of a Co Limerick school teacher beaten to death in a public park entered its fourth week yesterday.
Evidence is due to continue today in the trial of Mr Darren Wallace (21), Asumpta Park, Lee Estate, Limerick, and Mr Johnathan Tuohy (19), Edward Street, Limerick, who are charged with the murder of Mr Noel Carmody (42) in Arthur's Quay Park, Limerick, on September 27th, 2003.
The accused are also charged with robbing the former maths teacher. Both men deny the charges.
Yesterday the jury at the Central Criminal Court in Limerick, heard evidence from a forensics expert who told the court that one of Mr Wallace's fingerprints was found on an iron bar which gardaí found in Arthur's Quay Park on the night Mr Carmody died.
Det Garda Kevin Jackman, from the National Garda Technical Bureau, said that after examining fingerprints taken from the blood-stained iron bar he identified one of the prints as Mr Darren Wallace's.
The jury has already heard evidence from the deputy State pathologist, Dr Margaret Bolster, that Mr Carmody suffered multiple blows to the head and chest, which had been inflicted with a "blunt weapon", which she identified in court as an iron bar.
The court heard that Mr Carmody suffered a collapsed left lung, multiple lacerations and bruising to the scalp and skull and that several of his ribs had been fractured.
The trial continues today.