DERMOT LAIDE yesterday said he regretted the heartache caused by his involvement in an incident outside a Dublin nightclub which led to the death of teenager Brian Murphy, but insisted he was not responsible for the death.

Dermot Laide has expressed his "profound regret and remorse" for his involvement in the incident in which student Brian Murphy died.

THE huge burden faced by relatives of murder victims could be eased greatly if radical proposals for the overhaul of the criminal courts system are introduced, a leading pressure group claimed last night.