Accused told gardaí that victim deserved 'a good hiding', court hears

A Dublin man accused of kicking another man to death in a derelict mansion then burning the body told gardaí the dead man had deserved a “good hiding”.

Alan Walsh (aged 39) of Edenmore Park in Coolock denies the murder of Dermot Sheridan at Red Court, Seafield Road East, Clontarf between August 8 and August 9 2007. He also denies arson at the same time and place.