Deceased farmer remarked on my Down's Syndrome daughter, accused tells court

One of two brothers on trial for the murder of a Co Offaly farmer told gardaí he hit the dead man with the handle of a shovel, when he made a remark about his daughter who has Down's Syndrome.

Deceased farmer remarked on my Down's Syndrome daughter, accused tells court

One of two brothers on trial for the murder of a Co Offaly farmer told gardaí he hit the dead man with the handle of a shovel, when he made a remark about his daughter who has Down's Syndrome.

Daniel-Joseph Byrne told Garda Darrell Rigney that a neighbouring farmer, Edward Dempsey said “there's bad breeding there, you can see it in the eyes” before the row between the two erupted at Hammer Lane in December 2006.

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