An English man has been jailed for five years for killing a Vietnamese man in Temple Bar in August 2002.
James Harmer (27) of the Abbey Court Hostel, Bachelors Walk, Dublin, and co-accused Noel O'Flaherty (34) of McCormack Gardens, Baldoyle, Co Dublin, had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Ly Minh Luong (50) at Temple Bar, Dublin, on August 19th, 2002.
The two had also pleaded not guilty to assault causing harm to Mr Wei Dong (37), at Temple Bar, Dublin on August 16th, 2002.
On May 12th, following seven hours and 20 minutes of deliberations over two days, a jury unanimously found Harmer not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter, and both men were found guilty of causing harm.
Today, Mr Justice Paul Butler sentenced Harmer at the Central Criminal Court to five years' imprisonment for the manslaughter of Mr Luong and six months for the assault of Mr Dong.
The sentences were backdated to April 20th, 2005.
The jury had delivered a 10 to 12 majority verdict of "not guilty of murder, but disagreed on manslaughter" verdict for O'Flaherty.
Sentencing for O'Flaherty's assault conviction is adjourned until he is retried for manslaughter at a later date.