A LAWYER for the man convicted of the manslaughter of a teenage student outside Anabel's nightclub nearly five years ago told the three-judge Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday they are baffled as to how the verdicts in the case were rendered.

LAWYERS for the only man jailed for the killing of student Brian Murphy outside Club Anabel at Dublin’s Burlington Hotel in August 2000 submitted yesterday that some of the statements of his co-accused were highly prejudicial to him and went well beyond the prosecution’s case against him.

The man sentenced to four years for the manslaughter of student Brian Murphy outside Dublin’s Club Anabel was unfairly put “in the spotlight” for the killing, a court heard today.

Three former pupils of one of Ireland’s most prestigious schools were being sentenced today, three-and-a-half years after a teenager was killed in a drunken brawl.

One of four former public schoolboys tried in connection the death of an 18-year-old student was cleared today of manslaughter.

Two more former Blackrock College students were tonight found guilty of violent disorder surrounding the killing of Brian Murphy outside the Burlington Hotel in August 2000.

One of the four former Blackrock College students facing charges in the death of a Dublin teenager outside a nightclub over three years ago has been found guilty of manslaughter and violent disorder.

The jury in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial has been sent to a hotel overnight after failing to reach a verdict on any charge on day-31 of the hearing.

The judge in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial will tomorrow continue his charge to the jury before they retire to consider their verdict.

The judge in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial has urged the jury to ignore the publicity that has surrounded the case when it retires to consider its verdict.

A defence barrister in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial has admitted his client delivered a “sneaky kick” to the deceased but submitted that what occurred there “was an assault”.

A defence barrister has told the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial that he fears a terrible injustice could be done in the case because of the "palpable atmosphere" that it has taken place in.

A prosecuting barrister in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial has urged the jury to leave all feeling of sympathy aside and to decide the outcome of the case on the evidence it heard in the witness box.

The manslaughter charge against one of four youths accused of killing an 18-year-old student was today thrown out by a judge in a Dublin court.

The trial of four youths charged with the manslaughter of student Brian Murphy outside the Burlington Hotel continued yesterday in legal argument in the absence of the jury.

One of the accused in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial told gardaí that if he could turn the clock back and change everything he would, the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

One of the accused in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial told gardaí that a co-accused was "giving it his all" as he delivered four or five hard punches to the deceased youth, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

One of the accused in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial lied in his garda statement because he didn't want to be blamed for the serious part of the fight that led to the death of the 18-year-old student, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

The trial of four youths charged with the manslaughter of student Brian Murphy outside the Burlington Hotel continued today in legal argument in the absence of the jury.

THE trial of four youths charged with the manslaughter of student Brian Murphy outside the Burlington Hotel continued today in legal argument in the absence of the jury.

One of the accused in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial told gardaí he gave him "two good belts" on the night he was kicked to death outside the Burlington Hotel.

The principal of Blackrock College has told the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial that he met one of the accused and another former student the morning after the incident and they wrote down their versions of what happened.

Student Brian Murphy received a "flying kick" from a youth in a beige top who then told his friends "this is great craic", a witness has told the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The ambulance that took Brian Murphy to hospital after he had been violently beaten outside the Burlington Hotel was slow to take him away because they thought he was intoxicated with drink, a witness has told the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

One of the accused in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial told his girlfriend two weeks after the 18-year-old died outside the Burlington Hotel that he kicked him once in the chest when he was lying on the ground, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

One of the accused in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial admitted kicking someone in the head during a fight and hearing his head "snap or crack", a taxi driver has told the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

An order has been made by the judge in the Brian Murphy manslaughter case relating to media coverage of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The trial of four youths charged with the manslaughter of student Brian Murphy outside the Burlington Hotel continued in legal argument in the absence of the jury.

A student who died after a fight outside a nightclub was seen goading and hitting one of four youths accused of killing him, a court heard today.

A friend of Brian Murphy has told the trial of four youths charged with killing him outside the Burlington Hotel that he punched one of the accused a number of times because he believed he was part of a gang attacking him.

A girl who saw student Brian Murphy lying unconscious after he was violently assaulted outside the Burlington Hotel has told a jury that just afterwards she saw two youths holding one of the four accused who are charged with killing him.

A best friend of Brian Murphy, who was kicked to death in a fight outside the Burlington Hotel, has told a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury that the deceased was in a fight with a former Blackrock College pupil before he was knocked unconscious.

An 18-year-old student died from swelling to the brain due to severe facial injuries he received after he was kicked in the head outside a well-known Dublin hotel, a court has heard.

A promotions company steward who was working at a popular disco on the night an 18-year-old student was kicked to death has told a jury he saw a youth wearing similar clothes to the deceased punch another youth before a big fight broke out.

An 18-year-old student died from brain damage after he was viciously kicked in the head by a gang of at least four youths outside a well-known Dublin hotel, a court has heard.

Four 20-year-old students have been charged with manslaughter following an incident outside a Dublin hotel last summer in which a teenager died.