‘He’s dead because he loved me’

A woman accused of murdering her colleague by driving him into a harbour, where he drowned, told gardaí he was dead because of his love for her.

Memos of Marta Herda’s garda interviews were read to the Central Criminal Court yesterday on the eighth day of her trial.

Ms Herda, aged 29, of Pairc Na Saile, Emoclew Rd, Arklow, Co Wicklow, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Csaba Orsos, aged 31, on March 26, 2013,