GAA star admits killing father with friend’s gun

A young Gaelic football star accused of murdering his father, with a gun he obtained after texting a friend, claims he suffers from depression, a court has heard.

A detective told Omagh Magistrates Court that Sean Hackett, aged 18, initially denied involvement in the death of his 60-year-old father Aloysius, but later admitted: “I did it, I shot him.”

The father of four was found dead in the back yard of the family home near Auger, Co Tyrone, last Friday night.