Murder trial hears accused told gardaí he stabbed friend who insisted he was owed €100

The defendant claims the deceased kept saying that he owed him a "oner", €100, for cocaine

Mark Crawford has pleaded not guilty to murdering Patrick O'Connor at Fitzgerald's Bar in Limerick city between July 7 and July 8, 2018.

A murder accused told gardaí that he stabbed his friend in a pub after the deceased man insisted he was owed €100 for cocaine, a trial has heard.

The defendant said a flick-knife was given to him by another person in the Limerick bar over not "being from that side" of the city and the worst thing he did was take the weapon.