Murder accused was slapped by deceased, court hears

A young Dublin man was "slapped in the face" by the man he is accused of murdering, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

Mark Green (aged 20), of Tritonville Rd, Sandymount, Dublin 4, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Alan Young (aged 19), of George Reynolds House, Ringsend, at or near Bremen Rd, Irishtown, Co Dublin on March 11 last year.