Carrigaline murder-accused say they hit victim and kicked him after he fell on the ground

Ricardo Hoey said during Garda interview he pushed the deceased once and kicked him once when he was on the ground, court heard

Ricardo Hoey told gardaí he pushed the deceased once and kicked him once when he was on the ground. File picture: Dan Linehan

The two men accused of murdering a 29-year-old Carrigaline man who was allegedly punched and kicked on the ground near his home at Christmas 2022 told investigating gardaí the deceased was out in the middle of the road waving a bottle of wine and refusing to get out of the way of their car.

Memos of interviews were put into evidence before Ms Justice Siobhán Lankford and the jury of six women and six men at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork.