Witness to the murder trial said the defendant “ always had the feeling of killing someone, ” the court hears

A witness to the MURDER TRIAL told Gardaí that the defendant “always had the feeling of killing someone” and that after the fatal stabbing the defendant said: “Now I know what it is to be a murderer.”
The witness, who cannot be identified by court order, testified at the Central Criminal Court trial of Philip Dunbar (20), who pleaded not guilty to the murder of 23-year-old homeless Adam ‘Floater’ Muldoon in Butler. Park, Jobstown Park, Tallaght, Dublin 24 on June 22-23, 2018.

Mr. Muldoon’s body was found in the park on the morning of June 23. He had been stabbed 183 times.

Through his attorney Giollaiosa O’Lideadha SC, Mr. Dunbar has accepted that he must have stabbed Mr. Muldoon but does not remember it.

The witness, on his third day of jury testimony, told prosecutor Pauline Whalley SC that he remembers giving two statements to gardai in 2018.

In the second statement, recorded on DVD, he said that the defendant called his home after stabbing Mr. Muldoon and said: “Now I know what it feels like to be a murderer.”

Furthermore, he agreed with Ms. Whalley that it was recorded on DVD saying of Mr. Dunbar: “I had always had the feeling of killing someone.”

Following witness testimony, Judge Paul McDermott told the jury of six men and six women that he must deal with a legal issue in his absence. The jury will return on Wednesday.