Murder accused tells court: 'I killed him, I did not murder him'

The man accused of murdering his friend in a New Year’s Eve fight says he killed him but he did not murder him and there is a "big difference".

Murder accused tells court: 'I killed him, I did not murder him'

The man accused of murdering his friend in a New Year’s Eve fight says he killed him but he did not murder him and there is a "big difference".

Karl Breen (aged 27), denies murdering his friend Martin McLaughlin but admits causing his death by stabbing the 21-year-old three times during the row in Jury’s Inn Hotel, Croke Park in the early hours of January 1, 2006.

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