A man accused of murdering a pensioner in her home told her daughter that either her mother or he would have to leave the house due to constant arguing between them, a court heard.<\/p>\n
Josephine Ray (89), known as Josie, of St Joseph\u2019s Park, Nenagh, Co Tipperary, was found strangled and suffocated in her bed, on August 4th 2024, the Central Criminal Court in Limerick has heard.<\/p>\n
Hasan Ali Gori (52), originally from Chad, Africa, and with an address at St Joseph\u2019s Park, Nenagh, has pleaded \u201cnot guilty\u201d to murdering Ray.<\/p>\n
At the time, Ali Gori was living in Josie Ray\u2019s home, as he was in a relationship with her daughter, Mary Ray, who it was heard has an intellectual disability.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Mark McGee, a neighbour of Josie and Mary Ray, told the accused\u2019s trial that he \u201cclearly\u201d overheard Ali Gori and Mary Ray talking to one another outside Josie Ray\u2019s house on the night before she died.<\/p>\n
McGee told the court that Ali Gori told Mary Ray that \u201ceither he had to go or Josie had to leave the house and go\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ali Gori told Mary Ray \u201cthat he was sick of it\u201d and couldn\u2019t take it any more, he said.<\/p>\n
McGee said he walked away then because, he said, Mary Ray noticed him and \u201cwhispered\u201d something to Ali Gori.<\/p>\n
McGee said that earlier that afternoon he heard \u201cshouting\u201d coming from Josie Ray\u2019s home, and he saw Mary Ray, Ali Gori and Josie Ray arguing with one another outside the front of the property.<\/p>\n
McGee said he heard Mary Ray accusing Ali Gori of cheating on her, and Josie Ray was \u201cbanging\u201d and \u201ctapping\u201d her walking stick on the ground.<\/p>\n
McGee said Josie Ray told Mary Ray and the accused, \u201cI\u2019m tired of ye\u201d, and garda\u00ed arrived to calm the situation.<\/p>\n
Ian Donnellan, another of the victim\u2019s neighbours, gave evidence that the accused, Mary Ray and Jose Ray argued with one another \u201cevery day\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was angry, volatile, every day,\u201d said Donnellan.<\/p>\n
The witness said he contacted garda\u00ed on July 21st, 2024, about two weeks before Josie Ray\u2019s death, to report a row taking place at Ray\u2019s home.<\/p>\n
Donnellan told the court he saw Josie that day with a \u201cred mark\u201d on the right side of her face, and that she was \u201cdistressed and afraid\u201d.<\/p>\n
The witness said he recorded a Snapchat video of the sounds of shouting and roaring coming from Josie\u2019s house on the day before her death and he called the garda\u00ed.<\/p>\n
Donnellan said that, at this point, his wife asked the accused to stop shouting as he was \u201cscaring\u201d local children.<\/p>\n
The recording was played to the court in which a male voice was heard in the footage shouting \u201cf**k off, f**k off\u201d and the sound of a child becoming distressed.<\/p>\n
Donnellan said he recognised the male voice as being the accused.<\/p>\n
Ian Donnellan\u2019s sister, Gemma Donnellan, gave evidence Thursday of being one of a group of neighbours that gathered outside Josie Ray\u2019s house after her body was discovered inside the property.<\/p>\n
Donnellan told the court she asked Mary Ray what had happened \u201cand she [Mary] said nothing really\u201d.<\/p>\n
Donnellan said that it appeared to her that Ali Gori had not wanted Mary \u201ctalking to anyone\u201d at the scene.<\/p>\n
\u201cMary was crying, and he [the accused] kept telling her to shut up and to calm down.\u201d<\/p>\n
Donnellan said the accused told Mary that Josie was \u201cold and was going to die anyway\u201d and that he \u201ckept walking towards [Mary] to bring her away from us\u201d.<\/p>\n
The prosecution case, led by Lorcan Connolly, is that Ali Gori strangled and suffocated Josie Ray.<\/p>\n
The trial continues before Judge Sean Gillane and a jury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man accused of murdering a pensioner in her home told her daughter that either her mother or…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-662592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}