A man arrested in connection with the murder of a profoundly deaf young man began to cry while telling gardai he was "not a murderer", a garda witness has told the Central Criminal Court today.

A man accused of murdering a profoundly deaf young man told gardai that he repeatedly punched the victim but that he never intended to kill him, a garda witness told the Central Criminal Court today.

The trial continues today of a man accused of the murder of a profoundly deaf man in Newport, Co Tipperary.