Two Limerick brothers have denied intimidating and threatening to kill or cause serious harm to two potential witnesses and members of their family.
Wayne Dundon, 33, from Lenihan Avenue pleaded not guilty at the Special Criminal Court today to seven charges.
His younger brother John Dundon from Hyde Road pleaded not guilty to two charges.
The nine threats to witnesses Alice Collins and her daughter April, as well as to her two sons, are alleged to have occurred at addresses in Limerick city between September 2010 and April 2011.
The court also ordered the governors of four prisons to make recordings of phone calls available to the brothers' defence team after it heard an allegation that April Collins said she was going to set-up Wayne Dundon.
Wayne Dundon pleaded not guilty to threatening to kill or cause serious harm to Alice Collins, her daughter April, her son Gareth and her husband Jimmy.
He also denies intimidating Alice and April Collins, with the intention of interfering with or obstructing justice.
The seven offences are alleged to have occurred between September 2010 and March 2011.
John Dundon denies threatening to kill or cause serious harm to April Collins on 3 April last year and then threatening to kill or cause serious harm to her mother Alice the following day.
The defence asked for transcripts of phone conversations between April Collins and the defendants' brother Ger Dundon because it said April is alleged to have said she was going to set Wayne Dundon up.
The court was told the governors of Cloverhill, Wheatfield, Limerick and Portlaoise kept audio recordings of phone calls made from the prisons and so far 93 were found. There were no transcripts available.
Mr Justice Paul Butler said that it was too much to trawl through every prison conversation and if such an allegation was being made it should be time specific.
He directed the governors to make the recordings available to the defence so that the solicitor could listen to them. With the instructions of their client they should know what they are looking for.
He also adjourned the case until tomorrow to allow defence solicitors examine CCTV footage from a nearby house, which the prosecution says is not relevant.
