Accused ‘didn’t reach’ baseball bat victim

A Hungarian national accused of murdering a young Kildare man told gardaí it looked liked he swung his baseball bat at the deceased, but he “didn’t reach him”, a jury has heard.

Zoltan Almasi, aged 44, of Harbour View, Naas, is charged with murdering Joseph Dunne at the same address on May 16, 2014.

Last week at the Central Criminal Court, Mr Almasi pleaded not guilty to murder. Yesterday, Orla Crowe, prosecuting, called Det Sgt Darragh Diffley from Naas Garda Station to give evidence.