Nevin denied these allegations. At one point the trial was delayed when Nevin was taken to hospital. Later, in the witness box, as she tearfully described her husband, sometimes her voice dropped to a whisper. Such was her demeanour in giving evidence, the prosecution asked the jury to take it into account when considering their verdict. He would mix spirits into a glass of Guinness. Big game gunshot cartridges were used and there was no indication anyone had tried to tie him up.
He was shot in the side of the chest and died within five minutes. The prosecution argued that Catherine Nevin either let his killers into the pub or had keys cut.
She dismissed the notion of a troubled marriage or any ideas of separating; or that she had had an affair with ex-garda inspector Tom Kennedy. Nevin sat motionless in her seat, letting the finality of it seep through. There was no reaction as silence dampened a court room which had remained full to capacity.
She maintained the same posture; sitting upright with her hands on her lap, staring impassively ahead. Afterwards, the crowds filtered out of the courtroom and into the round hall of the old Four Courts building where criminal trials then took place.
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