Murder trial hears accused told gardaí: 'It's disgusting, it's horrible, it's inhumane'

When asked if he had met Ms Butler before, the accused said "it was just random".

Trevor Rowe (pictured) had told gardaí that he could not tell them what had happened, adding that: "It wouldn't do her family any good to know. I can't even close my fucking eyes with the nightmare I see." File photo: Dylan Vaughan

A man accused of murdering a pensioner in her own home told gardaí that he could not tell them what had happened, adding that: "It wouldn't do her family any good to know. I can't even close my fucking eyes with the nightmare I see."

Trevor Rowe also told officers that he had made anonymous phone calls to gardaí because he just wanted "the woman found" and was ashamed of what he had done, his Central Criminal Court trial has heard.