Woman accused of cliffs murder said she 'battered' deceased's face and liked it, court told

A witness told the court that Ms Burns said she 'battered the fella until his face was out the back of his head. Then she said she liked it.'

Nikita Burns pleaded guilty to impeding the apprehension or prosecution of another person for an arrestable offence but the prosecution did not accept her plea.

A woman on trial accused of murdering a pensioner who was "put over" Ireland's highest sea cliffs told a friend that she had "battered" a man with a rock "until his face was out the back of his head" and that she liked it, the Central Criminal Court heard on Tuesday.

The trial also heard a recording of a separate phone call in which the accused woman, Nikita Burns, said that after a fight with the deceased Robert 'Robin' Wilkin, she and her co-accused Alan Vial drove until 3am and "pushed him [Mr Wilkin] off Sliabh Liag".