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08/04/2008
Man Guilty Of Stabbing Brother 12 Times
A man has been found guilty of stabbing his brother over a childhood insult.
The jury of seven women and five men deliberated for less than five hours before finding Patrick McDonagh , 27, of Bridge Court Roslevan, Ennis, guilty of manslaughter.
He had stabbed his brother Charlie McDonagh, 30, 12 times during a street fight in January last year after a night of drinking.
The two brothers had been involved in a fist fight earlier that night. The prosecuting counsel admitted that brother Charlie was known to have a volatile temper, and had given Patrick a broken nose and cut lip in the fight.
Later that night Charlie confronted his younger outside his house concealing a knife, and beckoning him out with a teasing childhood insult, saying: "Come out, come out, Paddy Pudding"
After Patrick emerged the fight was broken up before Patrick recovered the now loose knife, stabbing his brother 12 times.
Charlie died in hospital from a severed blood vessel in his stomach.
Mr Justice Paul Carney thanked the jury for their careful deliberations and exempted them from further jury service for the rest of their lives.
He remanded Mr McDonagh on continuing bail until his sentencing in May.
(DW/JM)
The jury of seven women and five men deliberated for less than five hours before finding Patrick McDonagh , 27, of Bridge Court Roslevan, Ennis, guilty of manslaughter.
He had stabbed his brother Charlie McDonagh, 30, 12 times during a street fight in January last year after a night of drinking.
The two brothers had been involved in a fist fight earlier that night. The prosecuting counsel admitted that brother Charlie was known to have a volatile temper, and had given Patrick a broken nose and cut lip in the fight.
Later that night Charlie confronted his younger outside his house concealing a knife, and beckoning him out with a teasing childhood insult, saying: "Come out, come out, Paddy Pudding"
After Patrick emerged the fight was broken up before Patrick recovered the now loose knife, stabbing his brother 12 times.
Charlie died in hospital from a severed blood vessel in his stomach.
Mr Justice Paul Carney thanked the jury for their careful deliberations and exempted them from further jury service for the rest of their lives.
He remanded Mr McDonagh on continuing bail until his sentencing in May.
(DW/JM)
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