'With all that's going on with police in this world, I shot him,' said man accused of Garda Horkan murder

The opening day of the trial heard that Stephen Silver, who denies murder but has pleaded guilty to manslaughter, also said something about Black Lives Matter

The trial was told that an issue which the jury may have to decide is whether Stephen Silver  (pictured) was 'ill-disposed towards gardaí' at the time. Picture: Michael McCormack/PA

Stephen Silver, who is accused of murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan, told gardaí that the late garda attacked him and added: "With all that's going on with the police in this world, I shot him," a barrister told the Central Criminal Court on Friday.

Opening Mr Silver's trial, prosecution counsel Michael Delaney SC said the accused then said something about Black Lives Matter, which the barrister suggested may have been a reference to the killing of George Floyd in America some months previously.