Murder accused claims victim 'made a swipe' at him

The Central Criminal Court has heard that a 27-year-old man on trial for murder confessed to gardaí that he stabbed a father of one, “stuck” his body in a boot, and was intending on burning the car at a halting site, when he noticed gardaí and ran away.

Garda Pat Muldowney was giving evidence in the trial of Stephen Penrose, who denies murdering David Sharkey at an apartment in Parkview, Blackcastle, Navan on May 17, 2009.