Accused ‘just wanted to curl up and die’ after stabbing

ONE of the men on trial for murdering a young man in the Mahon area of Cork last year told detectives hours later that he just wanted to curl up and die and later he admitted stabbing the victim three times.

Jason Quinlan, aged 29, of 11 Loughmahon Drive, Mahon, Cork, and John Brett, aged 25, of 26A Leitrim Street, Cork, both deny murdering Brian McKee, aged 24, at Ballinure Avenue, Mahon, Cork, on August 25, 2007, at the Central Criminal Court in Cork.

When detectives told Quinlan that Mr McKee had died, the accused broke down crying and said three times, “He can’t be dead”.