{
  "id": 12693681,
  "title": "Murder trial hears victim thought he was going to be shot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/murder-trial-hears-victim-thought-he-was-going-to-be-shot",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T19:25:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2026/1007/1594478-kurt-ryan-trial/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two sisters encountered a man just hours before he was fatally shot, recounting their experience in a murder trial. Kurt Ryan, 33, from Limerick, is on trial at Cork's Central Criminal Court for Lee Slattery's murder, which occurred on an unknown date between May 27-31, 2010. The jury heard from Coleen Neill, who stopped her car on Shanabooley Road at 7:20pm on May 27, 2010, and saw Slattery, a relative, who was holding his chest and covering his head, saying, \"Jesus, I thought you were getting out of the car to shoot me.\" His sister, Ciara Neill, also testified, remembering him saying, \"My heart, I thought you were going to shoot me,\" before they both laughed it off. Slattery's mother, Rose, last saw her son at 11pm on May 27, 2010, in their home. Concerned, she contacted her friends and later learned he hadn't slept in his bed the next morning. Slattery's brother, Ray, joined the search on May 30, discovering a patch of blue clothing matching Slattery's last outfit in a field on May 31. The men alerted the police, who arrived shortly after. The trial continues for about a month.",
  "summary": "Two sisters who met a man a few hours before he was shot dead have told a murder trial that he got a fright when their car stopped near him on the road and told them he thought he was going to be shot.",
  "key_points": [
    "Kurt Ryan on trial for Lee Slattery's murder in Cork Central Criminal Court.",
    "Coleen and Ciara Neill recounted Slattery saying, \"I thought you were going to shoot me.\"",
    "Slattery's mother last saw him May 27, prompting a search that found his clothing on May 31."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}