A Dublin man will bring an appeal against the severity of his seven-year sentence for killing his partner's son in October.

The father of stab victim Dean Fitzpatrick and missing person Amy Fitzpatrick has said his other son and Dean’s son are keeping him going.

David Mahon has been sentenced to seven years in jail for the manslaughter of his partner’s son, Dean Fitzpatrick.

A Dublin man will be sentenced today for killing his stepson in May 2013.

Dean Fitzpatrick’s father has described how his “world came crashing down” after hearing that his son had been “brutally killed” by David Mahon.

The Central Criminal Court has heard a Dublin man who killed his stepson accepts the jury’s verdict and will not appeal his conviction.

The sentence hearing of a man who stabbed his stepson to death is due to get underway later today.

Tragedy is nothing new in the Fitzpatrick family, even as they absorb the news of the verdict handed down in the David Mahon case over the death of teenager Dean Fitzpatrick.

Measuring 5’ 6” and walking with a stick, David Mahon had told gardaí he “wasn’t built for prison”.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

David Mahon’s counsel has told his trial jury that his client had no motive to kill his stepson, but every reason not to harm him, due to his love for Dean Fitzpatrick’s mother.

A jury has been told that what David Mahon did in the aftermath of his stepson receiving a fatal stab wound was “straight out of the How to Get Away with Murder handbook”.

The trial of a man charged with murdering his stepson has heard that the deceased had a death wish due to feelings of guilt about his missing sister, Amy Fitzpatrick.

The jurors have now heard all the prosecution’s evidence in the trial of 45-year-old David Mahon, who is accused of murdering his stepson in Dublin.

The stepfather of missing teenager Amy Fitzpatrick told gardaí that her brother had walked into the knife he was holding, his murder trial has heard.

Jurors in David Mahon’s murder trial have today heard he told gardai that his stepson had twice threatened to kill him and once pulled a gun on him.

The friend of a man accused of “gutting“ his stepson has said events on the night in question “went from zero to a hundred in a short space of time”.

Latest: David Mahon’s trial has heard there were photos of his missing stepdaughter on the floor of his apartment on the night he is accused of murdering her brother.

A man has gone on trial, charged with murdering his stepson by “gutting” him after the deceased had interfered with his bicycle to annoy him.

A Dublin man has gone on trial accused of stabbing his wife’s son to death following a row over his bicycle.

A Dublin man accused of murdering his wife’s son will find out today if his application to adjourn next week’s trial has been successful.

A man charged with murdering his partner’s son has been refused a bail application to travel to Spain.

There will be some special guests at tomorrow’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Pro Am at Royal County Down, as two teams of young golfers from Shannon Golf Club in Clare and Faithlegg Golf Club in Waterford reap their reward for winning the inaugural Irish Open Golf Skills Challenge.

The family of missing teenager Amy Fitzpatrick has been engulfed in further trauma after Amy’s brother Dean was fatally stabbed outside his mother’s home.

Global food and dairy companies are making another round of big bets on China’s fast growing dairy sector, seeking to position themselves as safe alternatives after a lethal baby formula scandal burned the industry four years ago.

THE mother of missing schoolgirl Amy Fitzpatrick is convinced her daughter is still alive and believes she is living with an older man who has brainwashed her.

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