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.

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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.

The mother of Dean Fitzpatrick, who was killed in a stabbing incident involving his stepfather, Dave Mahon, today settled a €60,000 damages claim against Dublin City Council and Irish Water.

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”.

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.

The father of missing schoolgirl Amy Fitzpatrick has made an emotional appeal for information about his daughter’s mysterious disappearance exactly seven years ago.

A former estate agent charged with the murder of his partner’s son is to be served with a book of evidence in five weeks.

A man accused of the murder of his partner’s son, Dean Fitzpatrick, who died following a stabbing last year, has been let out on €15,000 bail.

A 43-year-old man made no reply when he was charged with the murder of his partner Audrey Fitzpatrick’s son, Dean, who died following a stabbing incident last year, a court has heard.

The partner of Dean Fitzpatrick's mother Audrey has been charged with murdering her son in north Dublin last May.

A man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing in Dublin last year.

Gardaí are still awaiting instructions from the DPP in relation to the death of Dean Fitzpatrick, Dublin Coroner’s Court heard.

Dean Fitzpatrick, the brother of missing Amy Fitzpatrick, died from a stab wound to the abdomen, Dublin District Coroner’s Court has heard.

Gardaí have released a man they were questioning over the murder of Dean Fitzpatrick in Dublin last May.

Detectives investigating the death of Dean Fitzpatrick have arrested a man.

The sun seemed out of place at the funeral of stabbing victim Dean Fitzpatrick in Dublin yesterday.

The funeral has taken place in Dublin of Dean Fitzpatrick.

The mother of Dean Fitzpatrick was unable to attend his funeral this morning.

The funeral takes places this morning of 23-year-old Dean Fitzpatrick who was stabbed to death last Saturday week.

The parents of Dean Fitzpatrick put aside their differences yesterday for the removal of their son, who died tragically outside his mother’s apartment in Dublin last month.

The President of the High Court said he hoped his decision about who would bury Dean Fitzpatrick would result in the grief borne by all Dean’s extended family being respected.

The High Court has ordered that the body of Dublin man Dean Fitzpatrick be released to his partner.

The funeral of Dublin man Dean Fitzpatrick - who was stabbed to death on the Malahide Road on Saturday night - has been postponed.

A man arrested over the death of the brother of a missing teenager Amy Fitzpatrick has been released without charge.

A 42-year-old man questioned about the murder of a 23-year-old in Dublin over the weekend has been released without charge.

Gardaí are continuing to question a 42-year-old man in connection with the murder of Dean Fitzpatrick.

A man in his early 40s has been held overnight by gardaí investigating the murder of 23-year-old Dean Fitzpatrick.