Hospital murder accused told gardaí ‘I did it’

A GENERAL labourer charged with murdering a pensioner in a psychiatric hospital told detectives he killed him, a court heard.

Ian Harman, aged 47, from Carrigallen, Mountain Lodge, Cootehill, Co Cavan, was arrested on Monday over the death of Michael Treanor, aged 82, at Cavan General Hospital.

Sergeant Seamus Green told Cavan District Court that he charged Harman, a married father of one, for the murder of the patient.