Under further cross-examination today murder accused Catherine Nevin told the Central Criminal Court that she never committed adultery. She again denied having an affair with the ex Garda Inspector Tom Kennedy and said that she thought that in this day and age people could have a drink or meal together without an inference being drawn from it. Mrs Nevin also said that she had considered hiring a private detective to track down her husband's killers.
It was another day of denials from Catherine Nevin under constant and repeated questioning from prosecuting counsel Peter Charlton. Mrs Nevin denied soliciting anyone to murder her husband. She insisted that she was not lying in court and that she was telling the truth to the best of her ability. Mr Charlton asked her to accept that she was having an affair with Tom Kennedy. But Mrs Nevin said that she had never committed adultery and that they were just friends. She denied ever kissing Mr Kennedy, except for a peck on the cheek at his retirement party in Jack White's Inn.
Following her husband's murder Mrs Nevin agreed to a Crimeline report and said that she would do anything to catch the animals that killed her husband. She said that today she considered hiring a private detective, something Tom Nevin's family also thought about.
And then Mr Charlton returned again to Catherine Nevin's claims that her husband was a member of the IRA. He asked why she never told the Gardaí. Mrs Nevin said that she made a solemn promise to her husband never to discuss it and didn't until she spoke about it to her legal team. "You've just broken your solemn promise," Mr Charlton said and went on to suggest she had invented this story to cast a shadow over her guilt. Mr Charlton said that the only thing Tom Nevin was a member of was the GAA. Mrs Nevin insisted he was an IRA man.
The cross-examination continues on Monday.
