Court hears evidence of pensioner killing

A homeless man pleading not guilty to murdering a Dublin pensioner told gardaí he “lost the head” and “hit the old fella in the chest twice” a court heard.

Detective Garda Frank Tracey was giving evidence to the Central Criminal Court in the trial of 36-year-old Stephen Byrne, who denies murdering William Traynor (aged 70) in his house on St Francis Terrace, Bow Street on June 17, 2007.