Possible I used knife, admits nurse

A psychiatric nurse has accepted it is possible he had a knife and used it in an incident in which five people were allegedly stabbed.

Brian Quinn, aged 46, told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court he made a Garda statement to be helpful with the investigation, but described his memory of the event as “hazy or sketchy” after he was allegedly beaten on the head with a baseball bat.

The accused, now living in Balbriggan, has pleaded not guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to Stephen Keogh, Lee Harte, and his then neighbour, James Toner Sr, on Oct 9, 2011 at his former Deer Park Avenue address, in Kiltipper, Tallaght.