Man shot brother in row over burial of mother, court told

A Co Wicklow bachelor who denies murdering his brother told gardaí that he shot him following a row over where their mother was buried, a court has heard.

Cecil Tomkins ( aged 63), of New Lodge Nursing Home, Stocking Lane, Rathfarnham in Dublin has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering Walter Tomkins (aged 66) at Cronlea, Shillelagh on July 1, 2010.