A Dublin man who killed another man by deliberately running him over in his car was today sentenced to life in prison.
Anthony O'Reilly (22) with an address at Cleggan Park, Ballyfermot, Dublin, was found guilty of murdering Daniel McDonald (21) in February last year on the Main Street in Arklow.
The jury of six men and six women in the Central Criminal Court in Dublin also found O'Reilly guilty of dangerous driving causing the death of Mr McDonald and reckless endangerment.
Mr McDonald's family was absent from court when the verdict was read having suffered another family bereavement, the court heard.
Mr Justice Kevin O'Higgins told O'Reilly he had to sentence him to the mandatory life sentence but he would be called back to be sentenced on the lesser charges of reckless endangerment and dangerous driving causing death on May 29th when Mr McDonald's family would read a victim impact statement.
The case is the first to come before the courts where a person has been charged with murder using a motor vehicle as a weapon.
During the trial, the court heard the men had been fighting in Arklow's Rascals Disco and after being thrown out the pair continued to trade abuse.