‘Only animal could stab man 11 times’

THE Corkman who denies murdering a 25-year-old English man told detectives that only an animal or a scumbag would have stabbed him 11 times.

Timothy O’Driscoll, aged 34, from St Rita’s Avenue, Gurranabraher, denies a charge of murdering Lee McCarthy, 25, on April 17 last year at 12 St Rita’s Avenue.

Evidence was given of interviews the defendant gave to gardaí after the investigation into Mr McCarthy’s killing commenced.