Judge refuses to allow man to withdraw guilty plea in murder of 'mentally challenged' man found beaten to death

Kenneth Cummins

Alison O'Riordan

A judge has refused to allow a man withdraw his guilty plea to the murder of a "mentally challenged" 63-year-old man who was beaten to death.

Kenneth Cummins (28) of Ringsend Park in Dublin had denied murdering Thomas Horan (63) at Cambridge Court, Ringsend on January 6, 2014.