The sentencing of a barman who assaulted two people on a violent rampage through Dublin city centre, during which his friend killed a Vietnamese man, has been put back for a third time.

Two Dublin men have pleaded not guilty to the murder of a Vietnamese man and to causing harm to a Chinese man in August 2002, at the Central Criminal Court today.

A former Chinese "anti-violence" policeman denied today he was provoked into picking a fight with two men who shouted racist abuse at him and his Vietnamese friend as they left a nightclub in Dublin city centre two years ago.

A Vietnam war survivor who was kicked and punched in the head by two doormen during an assault in Dublin never regained consciousness and died from head injuries, a murder trial jury at the Central Criminal court heard today.