Ross Outram claimed Paddy Lyons attacked him with a walking stick and shovel
A pathologist has given evidence that Mr Lyons suffered multiple blows to his head and neck from a blunt weapon, before his blood-smeared body was found slumped in his armchair at his home.
The accused told gardaí in his seventh interview that he could not remember what happened on the night as he was “back on drugs” but said Mr Lyons was not dead when he left his home in Ballysaggart as the pensioner had locked the door. Mr Outram said he had taken Xanax tablets when he knocked on Mr Lyons’ door on the night of February 24th. The accused said he explained to Mr Lyons who he was and asked him for money but the deceased said he did not have any.
Mr Outram said the incident happened on a Friday night and he could not believe Mr Lyons was dead when it “came on” the news on Sunday.The accused later told gardaí that he hit Mr Lyons with his walking stick which was “bendy” and had a “hook” on top of it. “I must have,” Mr Outram replied, adding that he would never have “touched him” if Mr Lyons had not hit him with his walking stick.
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