Man accused of murder says fight started 'over nothing'

The man accused of murdering a Google employee on his way home from the pub told gardai that a fight started between them "over nothing", a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

Dane Pearse (aged 22) of Londonbridge Drive, Irishtown, Dublin, denies murdering Mark Spellman (aged 26) from Dalkey, at Londonbridge Road, Irishtown on August 4, 2007.