Accused admits giving two belts on night of melee

One of the accused in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial told gardaí he gave him "two good belts" on the night he was kicked to death outside the Burlington Hotel.

Dermot Laide made a statement on September 1, 2000, the day after Mr Murphy died, and made a further memo on September 26 when he told Detective Garda Thomas Rock he had given the deceased "two good belts" and that he had said that in his statement.