By Steve Nolan PUBLISHED: 11:55 EST, 28 February 2013 | UPDATED: 13:03 EST, 28 February 2013 A man accused of beating his pregnant ex girlfriend to death just days before she was due to give birth has told of his addiction to strong alcohol and a computer game. Tony McLernon, who allegedly killed Eystna Blunnie in Harlow in Essex in June last year, told a murder trial that at the time of the murder he was drinking more than 20 litres of cider and Lambrini mixed together each day. The 24-year-old told Chelmsford Crown Court that he would rarely leave his bedroom, instead playing Guitar Hero on his Xbox console for hours at a time.
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Tony McLernon accused of killing Eystna Blunnie, 20, in Essex
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The couple had recently broken up when she was killed
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Miss Blunnie was heavily pregnant and due to give birth in two days
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Unemployed McLernon told of his alcohol and computer game addiction
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He was drinking more than 20 litres of cider and Lambrini a day
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He said that his addictions brought strain on his relationship
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McLernon, 24, denies murdering his former girlfriend
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He told the court that he found his girlfriend after she was attacked
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