Man blames co-accused for stabbing victim

ONE of the men on trial for murder in the Mahon area of Cork last year said he was not taking the blame for something he didn’t do and claimed that his co-accused was the man.

This evidence emerged at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork yesterday as a transcript of an interview with John Brett was read to the jury where he admitted punching Brian McKee but not stabbing him.

Brett said he climbed a tree and hid there for a while after the fatal incident.