A JURY has returned a verdict of unlawful killing at an inquest into the death of Brian Murphy, the young man who died following a “vicious and sustained” assault outside the Burlington Hotel, Dublin, in August 2000.

The mother of nightclub assault victim Brian Murphy launched a scathing attack on the criminal justice system today following a long-awaited inquest into her son’s death.

Brian Murphy's parents are seeking funding from the Department of Justice to pay for an independent pathologist to examine their son's pathology reports.

The Director of Public Prosecutions is not expected to proceed today with the retrial of Dermot Laide for the manslaughter of a student outside a Dublin nightclub.