A jury in the trial of a Chinese national accused of the double murder of a student couple in Dublin two years ago has been shown video footage of the accused being interviewed by gardaí in custody.

A garda witness has told a double murder trial that the accused man identified himself on video footage that the prosecution alleges links him to the crime.

Gardaí sourced a Chinese policeman through Interpol to act as a translator during their interrogation of a man accused of double murder, a jury heard today.

A video image shows a man accused of strangling a student couple and later setting fire to their apartment with one of them in the apartment building on the day the prosecution alleges he strangled them, a witness has testified.

A young man accused of the double murder of two friends whose burnt remains were found in Dublin in March 2001 told a witness he had lost £1,000 playing 'Blackjack' in an amusement arcade in the city.

A housemate of a man accused of the double murder of a student couple has identified the accused in video footage outside the apartment on the date the State alleges the couple were murdered.