Man accused of murdering wife said he would 'do time' for her

The murder trial of a Donegal father-of-four accused of the murder of his estranged wife has heard that he allegedly said: "I’ll do time for her".

Mr Gary McCrea, aged 40, of Ballybulgin, Laghy, Co. Donegal. Mr McCrea denies the murder of his estranged wife Mrs Dolores McCrea, aged 39, of Ballintra, Co. Donegal, on a date unknown between January 20 and January 22, 2004. It is alleged that Mr McCrea murdered his wife and the mother of his four children and then burned her body in a fire at the rear of the old family home.