A judge has directed the acquittal of a Dublin man charged with murdering 15-year-old Toyosi Shittabey following a row with racial undertones.

A man accused of murdering a Nigerian teen in what has been described as a row with racial undertones told gardai he did not see his brother carrying a knife when they went after the group of teens to try and retrieve his mobile phone.

A number of males, claiming to be friends of a Nigerian teenager who was stabbed on Good Friday two years ago, were in a “highly agitated and aggressive state” when gardaí arrived at the scene, a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

A number of black males, claiming to be friends of a 15-year-old Nigerian boy who was stabbed on Good Friday two years ago, were in a “highly agitated and aggressive state” when gardai arrived at the scene, a Central Court jury has heard.

RESIDENTS of a west Dublin suburb turned out in large numbers yesterday to pay tribute to a young Nigerian student who died in a stabbing incident at the weekend.