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A young Drogheda man told the man he is accused of murdering that he was going to stick a knife in his face, the Central Criminal Court has heard today.

A jury at the Central Criminal Court has heard today that a young Drogheda man accused of murder “directed” a knife at the father of the child he was babysitting after a row had broken out.

A young Drogheda man accused of murdering the father of the child he was babysitting was “very aggressive, swinging knives”, the Central Criminal Court heard today.