Accused ‘cannot recall’ fatal stabbing of his mother

The Cork man on trial for murdering his mother was freaked out about not being able to talk to women and he drank two bottles of wine before allegedly arguing with his mother and stabbing her in the back of the head with considerable force.

Paul Horgan, aged 27, pleaded not guilty to the murder of his mother Marian, aged 60, at the family home at Murmont Avenue in Montenotte in Cork on November 24, 2015.

Questioned by Garda Mark Durcan, who arrested him on the morning in question, Mr Horgan said he stayed up watching television for the night — six or seven episodes of Family Guy and the Harry Potter film Deathly Hallows Part II.