ONE of the men accused of beating Tristan Sherry to death after Sherry fatally shot a man at Browne’s steakhouse on Christmas Eve told gardai, “I felt he was a threat to me”, minutes after he had been disarmed.
In garda interviews read out at the three-judge, non-jury Special Criminal Court today, 18-year-old David Amah, who denies Sherry’s murder, said he was scared when Sherry came into the restaurant, shot Jason Hennessy Snr and pointed the gun at him.
Mr Amah said his “head was f***ed”, women and children around him were crying and he felt Sherry was a threat to him.
When gardai put it to him that four or five minutes after the assault began Sherry was no longer a threat, Mr Amah replied: “I felt he was a threat to me.
“My head was f***ed, kids were screaming, women were screaming. I just felt that man was a threat to me.”
Gardai asked Mr Amah why he took out his phone to record Sherry lying on the ground.
Mr Amah replied: “I still felt that man was a threat to me. It may not look like it but I felt he was a threat. My head was f***ed.”
Noah Musueni, 18, also denies Sherry’s murder.
He told gardai that he was scared and when he struck Sherry with a chair he was acting in self-defence.
He said at one point he picked a butter knife off a table and accepted that he kicked and hit Sherry in the upper legs.
“I was scared that he was still going to hurt me,” he said.
The three men charged with Sherry’s murder are Musueni, 18, Corduff Park, Blanchardstown; Amah, 18, Hazel Grove, Portrane Road, Donabate, Dublin; and Michael Andrecut, 22, Sheephill Avenue, Blanchardstown.
Jonas Kabangu, 18, Corduff Park, Blanchardstown and 18-year-old Diarmuid O’Brien of Corduff Place, Blanchardstown are charged with violent disorder at the same location on that date.
Brandon Hennessy, 21, of Sheephill Avenue, Dublin 15 – the son of Jason Hennessy Snr – is also charged with violent disorder.
All the accused have pleaded not guilty.
The trial continues on Wednesday before Mr Justice Kerida Naidoo, Judge Elma Sheahan and Judge James Faughnan.
