The man accused of murdering Gda Colm Horkan has denied that he was "spoiling for a row" with gardai and said his behaviour at the time was down to him being mentally unwell.
Stephen Silver also told his Central Criminal Court trial that when he started grappling with Gda Horkan he believed he was being targetted for assassination or that he was being attacked by a drug dealer.
He added: "I had a lot of confused thoughts about the situation. I was just trying to get free of the situation. I felt I was in danger, but it happened so fast, it was very very very frightening."
