'I can't let go': witness describes holding on to murdered friend Cameron Blair

Cameron Blair, above, was "completely unaware" that he had been stabbed as he was intoxicated at the time, according to witness Darren O'Leary.

Cameron Blair, above, was "completely unaware" that he had been stabbed as he was intoxicated at the time, according to witness Darren O'Leary.

A witness has described how he held on to his friend Cameron Blair as he bled out from a fatal stab wound to the neck, telling gardaí who arrived at the scene: "I can't let go". 

Darren O'Leary also told the Central Criminal Court today how the murdered college student had earlier said that three teenagers, one of whom later plunged a knife into his neck, "were tome, or sound'" before he brought them into a house party in Cork city.

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