Murder-accused denies trying to get rid of shoes

A man charged with murdering a mother and her young daughter denied wanting to get rid of shoes he was wearing because they were covered in blood, his trial has heard.

The central criminal court, sitting in Tralee, Co Kerry, had previously been told Aurimas Andruska, had Deichmann shoes with soles that matched bloodied footprints found in the home of the victims.

However, in interviews with detectives following his arrest on June 27, 2013, he said he had borrowed two pairs of shoes the weekend the murders are believed to have occurred as his own were damaged and he was planning to go to a party.