Vital clues on the latest gangland killing to hit Dublin could be held by members of the public who were socialising and shopping near the murder scene, gardaí indicated today.

A 25-year-old Tralee man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the manslaughter of a homeless father-of-four by stamping on his head with his full body weight.

A 24-year-old Tralee man killed a father-of-four by stamping on his head with his full body weight because the homeless man, whom he believed was HIV positive, spat at him, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

ABUSE was hurled at a 31-year-old man as he left a courthouse yesterday after being charged with the murder of his brother, on New Year’s Eve.