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Trial
Irish man 'Lucky' accused of Spanish bar shooting
Eric ‘Lucky’ Wilson denies murdering Daniel Smith in July last year.
AN IRISHMAN HAS been accused of carrying out the murder of a British ex-pat in Spain after a row over a woman.
The Irish Daily Star and Irish Daily Mirror today lead with the case of Dubliner Eric ‘Lucky’ Wilson, 27, who is standing trial in a Spanish court accused of the murder of British ex-pat Daniel Smith who was shot 11 times in the face and body in July last year at a bar in the resort of Fuengirola.
Prosecutors allege that Wilson was accused by Smith of touching up a woman in a bar, he then went home, retrieved a pistol, and then returned to the bar and shot Smith at close range. The 24-year-old died a short time later from his injuries.
Wilson denies the charges, claiming he was in a local pub some 20 miles away from the murder scene at the time of the incident and that it is a case of mistaken identity.
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