Murder accused 'started smoking heroin after death of baby girl'

A man on trial for murder has told the jury in his case that he started smoking heroin after the death of his baby girl, and was addicted to the drug when he killed 28-year-old David Sharkey.

Breaking down in the witness stand, Stephen Penrose said he wanted to tell Mr Sharkey's family that he was “so sorry for everything that happened. It's only now that I got off drugs I've seen how much of a mess my life was. I never meant for this to happen”.