Accused: I did not want him to die in chute

Man tells trial he thought victim would slide down into the rubbish and go about his business

The man accused of murdering a 59-year-old homeless man admitted yesterday he put him in the rubbish chute outside his apartment and claimed, “I thought he would slide down into the rubbish and go on about his business.”

David O’Loughlin, 28, with an address at Garden City Apartments, North Main Street, Cork, got into the witness box and testified that he was not guilty of murdering Liam Manley, 59, at Garden City Apartments, North Main St, Cork, on May 12 2013.