There has been a day of legal argument in the absence of the jury at the trial of a man accused of murdering an 83-year old pensioner in Westmeath last year.

There has been a day of legal argument in the absence of the jury at the trial of a man accused of murdering an 83-year old pensioner in Westmeath last year.

A pensioner who was found dead in his home in Co Westmeath last year exchanged €400 worth of coins for notes in a pub on the day he was allegedly robbed and murdered, the Central Criminal Court heard today.