Murder trial hears Garda recall finding the body of pensioner Anne Butler

A garda told the trial that the defendant also said in the patrol car that he had killed another woman beside John's Bridge

The jury has also heard that murder accused Trevor Rowe (pictured) told gardaí: "I thought it was going to be an easy touch, what have I done?" Photo: Dylan Vaughan

A detective has told a murder trial he saw that the body of a 71-year-old pensioner had lacerations to the neck, an injury to the head and her left ear appeared to be missing when he entered her home.

The jury has also heard that murder accused Trevor Rowe told gardaí: "I thought it was going to be an easy touch, what have I done?" He also told officers when he was sitting in the back of a patrol car that he "just wanted her to be found" and that he had "slit her throat and stabbed her in the head".