Accused ‘came in with knife’

The friend of a man accused of “gutting“ his stepson has said events on the night in question “went from zero to a hundred in a short space of time”.

David Mahon, 46, denies murdering Dean Fitzpatrick, 23, at outside Mr Mahon’s flat at Burnell Square, Northern Cross, Malahide Road, Dublin, on May 26, 2013.

The jury yesterday heard from Karl O’Toole, was in Mr Mahon’s apartment the night Mr Fitzpatrick died.