Murder victim's friend saw stabbing, court hears

A friend of a man who died from stab wounds following an altercation on the way home from a pub has told a jury that he saw the man accused of murder stab the deceased.

Finbarr O'Mahoney told Isobel Kennedy SC, prosecuting: "I saw the accused stab Mark between the ribs and the waist very forcefully with whatever was in his hand and then I saw blood".