Son, 27, on trial for murdering mother at breakfast

A 27-year-old man went on trial yesterday charged with murdering his mother at breakfast time in the family home.

The man’s father testified yesterday that his son followed him out of the house immediately afterwards holding two kitchen knives up, clicking them together and smiling.

Paul Horgan is charged with the murder of his mother Marian, aged 60, at the family home at Murmont Avenue in Montenotte in Cork on November 24, 2015.