The trial of a man accused of kicking another man to death then setting fire to his body has entered its closing stages in the Central Criminal Court.

A Dublin man accused of kicking another man to death in a derelict mansion, then burning the body after a day drinking in a city park, claimed that he didn’t usually drink during the day.

A Dublin man accused of kicking another man to death in a derelict mansion and then burning the body told gardaí that he killed his friend because he insulted his family.