Murder accused gives evidence in court

A 22 year-old Carlow man told gardai that he struck out at a teenage father-of-one, stabbing him repeatedly because the younger man had "tried to rape" his mother.

John Dillon (aged 22), of Granby Row, Carlow, denies a charge of the murder of Warren Slater (17) outside a house they rented in Granby Row, Carlow on May 13, 2001.