Garda: Accused’s stepson had ‘death wish’

The trial of a man charged with murdering his stepson has heard that the deceased had a death wish due to feelings of guilt about his missing sister, Amy Fitzpatrick.

The court heard earlier that the accused, David Mahon, had voiced the possibility that Dean Fitzpatrick had walked into the knife he was holding on purpose.

Mr Mahon, aged 45, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering the father of one on May 26, 2013, a day after the deceased interfered with his bicycle to annoy him.