Garda murder accused was 'filled with a burning anger' towards gardaí, court told

The prosecution said Stephen Silver had given various accounts of how Detective Garda Colm Horkan suffered his injuries

Stephen Silver (pictured), who denies murdering Detective Garda Colm Horkan, was "building defences" in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, a prosecution barrister has told the Central Criminal Court. File picture: Michael McCormack/PA Wire

Stephen Silver, who denies murdering Gda Colm Horkan, was "filled with a burning anger" towards gardaí and "chance presented him with an opportunity" to vent that anger when he met and shot the detective, a barrister has told the Central Criminal Court.

James Dwyer SC, for the prosecution, delivered his closing speech to the jury of seven men and five women on Tuesday, telling them that Mr Silver's defence will say that the accused's responsibility for the killing is diminished by his mental disorder. Mr Dwyer suggested that there was no evidence of how his mental disorder had caused him to act in the way he did or how it would diminish his responsibility "other than Mr Silver's repeated mantra of, "I wasn't well"."