‘You wouldn’t do this to a dog’

A JUDGE has refused eight men and two women bail after a man was kicked to death in Co Wexford last year, saying: “You wouldn’t do this to a dog.”

Judge John Coughlan remanded all 10 in custody following the death on July 20 in New Ross, Wexford, of 30-year-old jewellery street vendor, Eric Forsmark.

“This is a very serious matter,” Judge Coughlan said at New Ross District Court yesterday as he refused appeals by counsel for the accused to have them remanded on bail. “This man was kicked to death. You wouldn’t do this to a dog.”