A murder trial has heard that a 43 year old man allegedly attacked the partner of his mother, raining blows down on him, stabbing him in the ear with a broken bottle and then bringing a sofa repeatedly down on top of him as he lay defenceless on the floor.
Mr Andrew Nash of Parnell Street in Thurles, Co Tipperary is charged with the murder of British national, Jonathan Ustic, on a date unknown between September 24 and 25th, 2017 at High Street in Skibbereen, Co Cork.
Mr Nash, 43, who was wearing a white shirt and dark pants, replied “not guilty” when he was arraigned at a sitting of the Central Criminal Court in Cork today.
