Irishman John Binghan testified on Tuesday that his friendly attempt to speak to a man who was “pacing up and down and staring at him” ended with his friend Brian Mulligan being fatally stabbed eight and a half years ago.That was the evidence Binghan gave in the No. 4 Supreme Court as the murder trial of Michael Oneal Beckles got underway before Madame Justice Laurie-Ann Smith-Bovell.Mulligan, a British national, was allegedly murdered on June 15, 2014, by Beckles who was 54 at the time.Binghan, who lives in Dublin, Ireland, gave evidence via Zoom.Under questioning from Principal State Counsel Krystal Delaney, he told the court that he and Mulligan were in Barbados having been contracted to work for telecommunications company LIME.