Dublin man told gardaí he strangled his girlfriend during row

A Dublin man on trial for the murder of his 17 year-old girlfriend told gardaí he strangled her during a row after the couple had taken the drug Rohypnol and smoked hash.

At the Central Criminal Court today Det Gda Thomas Roche was continuing his evidence on the second day of the trial of Mr Phillip Reddin, (aged 24), originally from Donamore Park, Tallaght, Dublin and now of no fixed abode.