Higgins accused 'admitted stabbing to gardaí'

The teenager accused of murdering Alan Higgins allegedly admitted to stabbing the schoolboy, telling gardaí: "I just stabbed the bloke. Very sorry. I am very sorry. It wasn’t meant to happen that way," the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Higgins accused 'admitted stabbing to gardaí'

The teenager accused of murdering Alan Higgins allegedly admitted to stabbing the schoolboy, telling gardaí: "I just stabbed the bloke. Very sorry. I am very sorry. It wasn’t meant to happen that way," the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The accused, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denies murdering Mr Higgins (aged 17) of Carraroe Avenue, The Donaghies, Donaghmede, Dublin, on October 13, 2002, outside UCI cinema, Coolock on Dublin’s north side.

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