Defence question confession in murder trial

An alleged confession made by a Galway traveller who was "liable to making false confessions" was the only piece of evidence in the murder case against him, a defence counsel told a jury at the Central Criminal Court today.

Mr Gerard Clarke SC told the jury of four women and eight men that the "only actual evidence" the prosecution had in their case was a confession by Patrick Harty and warned them it was "dangerous to act on a statement that’s uncorroborated" or backed up by other evidence.