A 51-year-old Cork man who shot-dead a boxing coach outside his home told gardaí he had intended to kill himself but killed his victim instead because of a "fit of madness," a jury in the Central Criminal Court heard today.

The sister of a man shot dead outside her home broke-down in the witness box today as she gave evidence of realising the shouting and gunfire she had heard while trying to sleep, was that of her brother’s killer.