Bloodstained knife discovered at murder accused's home, court hears

Garda witnesses have told the trial of a Wicklow man accused of murdering a shopkeeper in 2009, that a bloodstained knife and makeshift balaclava were discovered at his home two days after the killing.

Detective Garda Paul Cumiskey told the court he called to Anthony Farrell's home in Arklow on November 27, 2009, where the then 19-year-old butcher told him he had spent the evening of the 25th driving around the town with his friend.