Accused had texted 'I am guilty' on day of Cork GAA broadcaster's death, court told

In one text exchange with his mother, she advised him to make sure to carry a piece of soap in his pocket when presenting himself to the police

Defence senior counsel Seamus Roche said in his closing speech to the jury that Bohdan Bezverkhyi (pictured) had accepted responsibility for failing to remain at the scene and had pleaded guilty to charges related to that. Picture: Dan Linehan

The Ukrainian motorist who is on trial for the alleged dangerous driving causing the death of GAA broadcaster Paudie Palmer texted a friend that day describing himself as a moron, saying: “I am in the wrong 100%, I drove off, I was drunk, there is no excuse for me, I am guilty of it all.” 

This text written in Russian by the accused man was translated for Judge Jonathan Dunphy and a jury of six women and six men by Russian translator, Liudmila Ladchenko, at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, on the fifth day of the trial.