Murder accused very sorry for part in fight, court hears

A man accused of murder said he was "very sorry" to the family of the deceased for "the fight that unfortunately led to their father's death", the trial of two men accused of murdering a Chinese man heard today at the Central Criminal Court.

James Harmer, aged 27, of the Abbey Court Hostel, Bachelors Walk, Dublin, and Noel O'Flaherty, aged 34, of McCormack Gardens, Baldoyle, Co Dublin, have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Ly Minh Luong, aged 50, at Temple Bar, Dublin on August 19, 2002.