A 36-year-old man has gone on trial accused of the murder of one man and the attempted murder of two others at a boxing club in Bray five years ago.
Gerard Cervi from East Wall in Dublin replied not guilty when the three charges were put to him today at the Central Criminal Court.
The Central Criminal Court was told that at around 6.50am on 5 June 2018, a solitary gunman walked into Bray Boxing Club at Bray Harbour, where well-known boxing coach Pete Taylor had organised an exercise class for 11 other people.
The gunman stood at the door of the room upstairs before firing nine shots, starting on his right and going around the room.
The first and nearest person, Bobby Messett, was shot in the head and died quickly.
Another man, Ian Britton, was shot and injured, as was Peter Taylor who was shot while trying to make a run at the gunman.
The gunman left and got into a van with a yellow British registration plate parked outside, which was caught on CCTV driving from Bray to Pigeon House Road in Dublin.
Senior Counsel Paul Murray said it is the State's case that Gerard Cervi was the gunman who drove out to Bray that day, entered the boxing club and committed the murder.
He told the jury that Mr Cervi's fingerprints were discovered on two white spirits bottles, one empty, one full, found in the van.
The prosecution also told the jury today that Bobby Messett was a participant in the exercise class that day, and it does not intend to present any evidence that he was the intended target.
The trial before Ms Justice Karen O’Connor with 300 listed witnesses is expected to last up to seven weeks.
