A 48-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for the "cold-blooded, assassination-type" murder of a former kickboxing champion that took place last year in front of a crowd of shocked onlookers in his local Dublin pub.

A SECURITY guard was charged yesterday with the murder of a man in a Dublin pub just over a fortnight ago.

A 47-year-old security guard was today charged with the murder of a champion kickboxer in a south inner city pub two weeks ago.