A man on trial for the murder of a homeless man in the Phoenix Park in Dublin allegedly said he would batter and torture him because he had money.
Ciaran Moran with an address at Camden Street in Dublin denies killing Gerard Donnelly in November 2013.
The jury's heard Donnelly - who was homeless - had over 8 thousand euro cash and 140 thousand euro in an EBS account weeks before his death.
Gardai found his beaten body on fire in the Phoenix Park in the early hours of November 29th 2013.
A toe on his left foot had been amputated.
An acquaintance Eamonn Flynn gave evidence that a lot of people would've known Gerard Donnelly had money but Ciaran Moran was the only person who expressed how to get it - by battering and torturing the 36 year old.
The jury heard the accused bought a bicycle, Dre beats and a new phone on the day the body was discovered and told a friend he'd got money from his father dying.
