LATEST: Murder accused insists he had to use force

Latest: A man accused of murdering a man in a row over the breeding of Chihuahuas insists he had to use force to defend his friend.

Update 3.55pm: A man accused of murdering a man in a row over the breeding of Chihuahuas insists he had to use force to defend his friend.

Wayne Cluskey and his friend Josh Turner, both of Mooretown in Ratoath, Co. Meath, have pleaded NOT guilty to the murder of Christopher Nevin.