Man was dead before mansion fire started

A man whose severely burnt body was found in a derelict mansion was dead before the fire started a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

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.