A Limerick man, accused of stabbing a 59-year-old man to death, told gardaí he did not intend to kill the deceased man but had been trying to help him, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

A Limerick man, accused of stabbing a 59-year-old man to death, was climbing on the roof of his ex-girlfriend's house on the night of the death, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.