31 year old Maurice Power of Dranganbeg, Kilmoyler, Cahir has pleaded not guilty to murdering the 29 year old in the West Tipp village of Golden in 2012..
His mother Janet Fullop gave evidence in her sons murder trial at the Central Criminal Court yesterday.
The court heard that she had told Gardai previously about the relationship between her son and Shane Rossiter saying they had grown up together and the families would have been very close.
Ms Fullop told the court that she had persuaded her son to contact Gardai following Shane Rossiters death.
Mr Dominic McGinn SC defending asked her if the accused had told his mother he had nothing to do with the death of Shane Rossiter, to which she replied ‘yes’.
Mr Anthony Sammon SC prosecuting confirmed with Detective Garda Burgan that the accused told Gardai that he took a chip from a private security camera.
In an interview which took place on the 14 of December 2012 Maurice Power was asked if he had called to Sharon O’Donnells house.
The accused told Gardai in interview ‘I asked her about the camera and took the chip out of it because it would have shown I had the car after I said I had sold it.’
When asked what he had done with the chip, Maurice Power told Gardai he burned it’.
The trial continues before a jury of seven women and five men with Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy presiding.
