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23/04/2012
12 Year For Road Rage Killer
Karl Donohoe received a 12 year jail sentence today for the manslaughter of British man, Raymond Bates.
Bates died in hospital four days after being beaten around the head with a hurley in Sandymount on September 26th, 2010.
The trial heard Mr Bates had drunk up to 10 pints of Guinness before getting behind the wheel of his four-wheel drive and tailgating and flashing Donohoe, who had his 18-month-old daughter in the car.
Donohoe, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter, was jailed at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.
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Bates died in hospital four days after being beaten around the head with a hurley in Sandymount on September 26th, 2010.
The trial heard Mr Bates had drunk up to 10 pints of Guinness before getting behind the wheel of his four-wheel drive and tailgating and flashing Donohoe, who had his 18-month-old daughter in the car.
Donohoe, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter, was jailed at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.
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