Murder accused's mother alleges attempted rape

The mother of a Carlow man accused of the murder of a teenage father-of-one has alleged that the dead man tried to have sex with her two weeks before he was allegedly stabbed to death by her son.

Ms Noeleen Dillon is the mother of 22-year-old John Dillon, of Granby Row, Carlow, who is on trial for the murder of 17-year-old Warren Slater.