A murder accused told gardaí during an interview that he “only went out for a few cans and ended up killing someone”, the Central Criminal Court has heard. In his fourth interview with Detective Garda Brendan Rouine, of Kilrush Garda station, Robbie Walsh said: “I killed a man. I only went out for a few cans and ended up killing someone.”The court has previously heard that Robbie Walsh and his cousins, Mitchell Walsh and Clinton Walsh, also from Kilrush, went to the Marian Estate on the Saturday night of the August Bank Holiday weekend in 2017 to smash up Mr Haugh’s car. The accused said he then swung his right arm around and stabbed Mr Haugh in the back. I thought I was f**ked.”In the same interview, Robbie Walsh said several hours after the incident his house “got smashed up” by three men.

Source: The Irish Times February 08, 2019 19:52 UTC