Mother of accused alleges stab victim 'tried to have sex' with her

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

Ms Noeleen Dillon, 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, was giving evidence on the second day of the Central Criminal Court trial today.