Murder accused 'lost the head', court hears

A man accused of murder told Gardaí he "just lost the head" when his father admitted sexually abusing his older sisters, a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

Detectives from Kevin St Garda station were giving evidence on the second day of the murder trial of Mr Gary Waters (aged 31), who denies murdering his father, 59-year-old John Waters at his home in Oliver Bond House, Dublin 8 on December 29, 2001.