A 29 year-old Kerry man has told a murder trial jury that to suggest he pre-planned and actively participated in his uncle’s killing was "hocus pocus, fiction" and "like something from the world of Peter Pan".

A Kerryman on trial for murdering his uncle told gardaí he and his father planned to kill the 69 year-old bachelor and dispose of his body in a well.

A retired psychiatric nurse told a jury today that a Kerry man accused of murdering his uncle was admitted to hospital for psychiatric treatment after the killing.

A retired psychiatric nurse told a jury today that a Kerry man accused of murdering his uncle was admitted to hospital for psychiatric treatment after the killing.

A Kerry man told gardaí that his father killed his uncle because he was afraid the uncle would sell their land, a murder trial jury heard today.

A Kerry man told gardai that he threw his uncle's body down a well after his father had killed him with an iron bar, a murder trial jury heard today.