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Witness tells court he saw John O'Brien near estate where blood stained car mat was found |
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A witness has told the trial of John O'Brien that he saw the accused a number of days after his wife went missing, near the housing estate where the blood stained pieces of her car mat and spare-wheel cover were disposed of. Eugene Aylward was giving evidence at the trial of the 41 year old from Ballinakill Downs in Waterford city who denies murdering 35 year old Meg Walsh in October 2006. Mr Aylward said he got to know John O'Brien and Meg Walsh through socialising in the Woodlands hotel. He said that on Saturday the 7th of October, 6 days after Meg disappeared he was driving by the entrance to the sycamores housing estate in Waterford He said he saw john O’Brien emerging from a car park beside the estate. He was "100 percent" sure it was john O’Brien and he saw a dark coloured car there also. Sergeant Patrick J Murphy has told the trial that during a search of that estate the following day he found a piece of a car mat under the trees---he said it was bloodstained and there were hairs and sand on it. Two days later around three feet away he said he found a triangular piece of timber. We've already heard that Meg Walsh's blood was found on the piece of car mat and the cutaway section of the spare wheel cover. The court has been told that the Gardai searched that area on hearing that there had been a sighting of John O’Brien there
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