Neo-nazi movie enacted in killing

A witness has told a Waterford murder trial that the accused stamped on his alleged victim’s head, saying: “This is out of American History X.”

American History X is a 1998 film about neo-nazis starring Edward Norton.

Gavin Walsh was giving evidence yesterday in the trial of a 20-year-old Waterford man charged with murdering a 22-year-old in the city almost three years ago. The trial has heard Martin Brophy died of blunt force trauma to the head, which could have been due to kicking, stamping, or stomping.