Murder accused told mother ‘I did it’

The mother of a Limerick man accused of murdering an elderly man with a sweeping brush said he was in tears as he admitted he did it.

Christopher McNamara, aged 21, of Good Shepherd Villas, Pennywell Rd, Limerick, has pleaded not guilty to murdering James Boyce, aged 71, at St Munchin’s St, St Mary’s Park, Limerick, on Mar 6/7, 2011.

In a statement read to the jury by Micheál O’Higgins SC, prosecuting, mother of the accused, Pauline Whelan, was giving an account of the days following the death of James Boyce.