CITY MAN TELLS JURY HE RECOGNISED SHOOTING ACCUSED

Date Published: 19-Nov-2008

A cityman has told Galway Circuit Criminal Court he knew he was going to be shot, as he looked down the barrels of a shotgun which was pointed at him at close range as he sat in a delivery van.26 year-old Martin Ward, of Corrach Buí, Rahoon, told the jury yesterday he recognised his attacker from his build, facial features and from his voice as he shouted at him seconds before the shooting, “You are going to get it now.”Martin Ward was shot at close range by a gunman at 10 p.m. on April 18, at Whitestrand Road, Salthill, as he tried to take his seat belt off and flee for his life.