A key witness in the trial of a man accused of murdering a Roma teenager in Dublin claims there was an attempt on his life three years after he helped dispose of her body.
Fergus O'Hanlon has been giving evidence in the trial of Alan Wilson of New Street Gardens in Dublin 8, who denies killing Mariora Rostas in 2008.
From the stand last week, Mr O'Hanlon claimed he helped Alan Wilson dispose of Mariora's body in the Wicklow Mountains.
Before that, he said he was ushered to an upstairs bedroom at his home on Brabazon Street, where her body lay on the floor with a hole in her forehead.
During cross examination today, he claimed a lone gunman shot him five times in the back as he walked towards Rathmines three years later.
He said he survived the attack because he was wearing a bullet proof vest but gardai found no evidence of the shooting.
Mr O'Hanlon was today accused of being a "cold, manipulative liar" but despite initially lying to gardai about Mariora's death, he insists he is now telling the truth.
Mariora was last seen begging in the south inner-city in Jan 2008. It is alleged she was abducted before being shot dead and buried in a shallow grave where her body remained until it was found four years later.
Alan Wilson denies her murder and the trial is due to resume hearing evidence tomorrow.
