Alison O’Riordan
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Man (25) pleads guilty to manslaughter of man in Dublin - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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A 25-year-old man who was originally charged with the murder of another man in Dublin over a year ago has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Jakub Rybar of The Avenue, Woodpark, Ballinteer in Dublin 16 appeared before the Central Criminal Court on Monday afternoon. He was arraigned on a charge that he unlawfully killed Michael McCann in Dublin on a date on or about July 2nd 2025. Seoirse Ó Dúnlaing SC for the Director of Public Prosecutions told Judge Tony Hunt that Rybar could be arraigned on coun
Derek Boyd found guilty of murdering Mark Carroll in Dublin - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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Derek Boyd, who was serving the suspended part of his sentence for the manslaughter of his sister when he fatally stabbed another man in the chest at his north Dublin home, has been found guilty of murder by a Central Criminal Court jury on Wednesday. The jury of seven men and four women took eight hours and 51 minutes over three days to unanimously accept the State's position that self-defence was not open to Boyd, who the prosecution argued chose to pick up a knife in "a determined, murderous
Man 'acted out of instinct' when he fatally stabbed man who 'trespassed' on his Dublin home - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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Murder accused Derek Boyd "acted out of instinct" when he fatally stabbed a man who "trespassed" on his north Dublin home and was entitled to protect himself if he was under attack, his lawyers have told a Central Criminal Court jury. However, the prosecution said the accused man had chosen to pick up a knife in "a determined, murderous attack" and the deceased's return to the house "wasn't remotely threatening but entirely reasonable" as he was going back to "sort out" an earlier row. Boyd took
Polish man who killed his friend on St Stephen's Day jailed for six years - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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A Polish national who killed his friend, whose brain twisted in his skull after he received 27 injuries to his head and neck on St Stephen's Day three years ago, has been jailed for six years. The Central Criminal Court was previously told at a sentencing hearing for Tomasz Rozpeda that no one knows "exactly what happened" on the night Maciej Nowak (32) was killed and that both men had consumed "substances to excess". Rozpeda told an emergency operator that his friend had "gone crazy, hitting th
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