Murder-accused told gardaí that he stabbed man because he was scared

A Dublin man accused of murder told gardaí during interviews that he stabbed another man twice because he was afraid of his life, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

Bernard Christopher Joyce (Brian Joyce), aged 22, has denied murdering Mr James Donoghue (aged 26) as part of a joint enterprise with two other men at Dane Road, Ballymun, Dublin on September 10, 2006. He also denies charges of violent disorder and production of a knife on the same date.