A BOOK of evidence is still being compiled by the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in the prosecution of a man who stands accused of the murder of a Limerick pensioner, a judge sitting in the Limerick District Court was told.
Philip Ambrose (43), of no fixed abode, was before the District Court, sitting in the Mulgrave Street courts complex in Limerick City, charged with the murder of 71-year-old Michael Hayes, contrary to Common Law, outside his home at St Michael’s Court, Watergate, in the city on July 10.
Mr Ambrose appeared by video link from Limerick Prison before Judge Carol Anne Coolican, hearing the case in Limerick District Court this past Tuesday (October 21).
The accused has already been refused bail by the High Court, the court was told.
The prosecution told the court this Tuesday that the evidence the State will bring against Mr Ambrose runs to a “substantial book”, petitioning the court for a further remand in custody of the accused as it “will take some time” for the book of evidence to be completed.
Judge Coolican agreed to a further remand in custody for Mr Ambrose until November 18.
The late Mr Hayes was found with critical head injuries at St Michael’s Court, Watergate, in Limerick City, on the night of the fatal attack, just meters from his home. Despite best efforts by paramedics and doctors attending the scene, the local pensioner was pronounced dead at University Hospital Limerick a short number of hours later.