Murder accused admitted killing to wife, court hears

A father-of-four picked up his wife from a Dart station and told her he had killed their 12-year-old son with a lump hammer, the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering his son heard at the Central Criminal Court today.

John Carroll (aged 49), of Bayview Rise, Killiney, Co Dublin, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his son, Andrew Carroll (aged 12), at their home on April 30, 2004.