A man accused of murdering his ex-fiancee’s baby seven years ago told gardaí he was “petrified” to say he fell while holding the infant.
Philip Doyle (34), of Tinakilly, Aughrim, Co Wicklow, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering baby Ross Murphy at Creagh Demesne, Gorey, Co Wexford, on April 5th, 2005.
The jury has been watching videos of Garda interviews with the accused after he was arrested on April 27th, 2005 – three weeks after the infant died.
The court heard the painter and decorator changed his story from an account he gave in a witness statement earlier in the month saying he had seen the baby shaking its head, to then telling gardaí in an interview he fell while holding the infant.
