Man accused of fatal attack feared being stabbed

A MAN accused of inflicting a fatal head injury with a hurley told gardaí he did so because he was afraid the victim was going to plunge a knife down his throat, a court heard yesterday.

Damien Organ, aged 25, was hit twice with a hurley during a late-night incident at the People’s Park in Waterford and suffered a bleed to the brain. He died 10 days later in hospital.

Two men, Martin O’Brien, aged 21, and Kieron Deegan, aged 20, both with an address at Flat 4, 128 The Quay, Waterford, deny the unlawful killing of Damien Organ on March 21 of last year.