A Limerick man charged with the murder of a former school teacher, who died after he was savagely beaten, felt no remorse, a murder trial has heard.
Mr Johnathan Tuohy (19), Edward Street, Limerick, denies the murder of Noel Carmody (42) at Arthur's Quay Park, Limerick, on September 27th, 2003.
A second co-accused, Mr Darren Wallace (21), Assumpta Park, Lee Estate, Limerick, also denies the same charge.
Both men also deny robbing Mr Carmody on the same date.
At the Central Criminal Court in Limerick yesterday, evidence was heard of a memorandum of a Garda interview with Mr Tuohy.
When asked by gardaí if he cared if Mr Carmody was dead, the accused man replied: "I don't care if he's dead because people are dying every day. I don't give a f**k if they don't belong to me."
The jury of six men and six women also heard that when asked whether he felt any remorse, Mr Tuohy said he did not.
In the interview, Det Sgt Declan Mulcahy asked Mr Tuohy what he would say to the garda who saw him standing over Mr Carmody's body with an iron bar in his hand.
"I would show him where Specsavers is," said Mr Tuohy.
Another witness, Garda Kevin Burke of Henry Street station, gave evidence yesterday of arriving at the scene to find Mr Carmody on the ground in a semi-conscious state. His face was covered in blood, there was blood on the ground and there was an iron bar lying beside him, the jury heard.
The badly injured man was writhing on the ground and he made unsuccessful attempts to sit up, said Garda Burke.
Earlier this week, Garda Caragh Leahy gave evidence that when she arrived at the park shortly after 4.30 a.m. she saw Mr Tuohy strike Mr Carmody on the head with an iron bar. She she also saw Mr Wallace crouched over Mr Carmody's body.
Footage from CCTV cameras was also shown to the jury, which gardaí said depicted both accused men walking in the vicinity of Arthur's Quay Park shortly after 4 a.m. on September 27th, 2003, carrying iron bars.
Evidence given by the Deputy State Pathologist, Dr Margaret Bolster, heard that Mr Carmody died after suffering multiple blows to the head and chest.
The trial continues next Tuesday before Mr Justice Carney at the Central Criminal Court in Limerick.