Murder accused 'had claimed victim had insulted his family', court hears

A Dublin man accused of kicking another man to death in a derelict mansion, then burning the body after a day drinking in a city park, claimed that he didn’t usually drink during the day.

Alan Walsh (aged 39) of 43, 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.