Robber admits stabbing Arklow shopkeeper who blocked his escape

A Wicklow man on trial for murdering a shopkeeper who confronted him after he had robbed €50 admitted to gardaí that he stabbed the 44-year-old because he was blocking his way out of the shop.

Anthony Farrell denies murdering John Deasy at Brauder's shop on Coolgreany Road in Arklow in November 2009. The 20-year-old, of Marian Villas in Arklow, has pleaded guilty to robbing the newsagents.