Murder accused to gardaí: 'I had it in my head to kill somebody'

A young Cavan man accused of murdering his father told gardaí: “I always had it in my head growing up to kill somebody”, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Seamus Fitzgerald (aged 21) has pleaded not guilty to murdering his father James Fitzgerald in Lisgar, Baileborough, Co Cavan on January 8, 2006.