Murder accused admitted to killing, detective tells jury

A detective has told the jury in a Tipperary murder trial that the accused admitted the killing to him in a squad car, with the words "I did it".

Detective Garda Larry Bergin told the Central Criminal Court that John Paul Buck (aged 29) of Heywood Close, Clonmel asked to meet him and made the confession in the early hours of Monday August 7, 2006.