Dead youth was ‘a main suspect’ in fatal attack on teen

A YOUTH who died after an accidental fall was described by garda sources as one of the main suspects in the murder of a teenager who was stabbed to death in Killarney in June 2009.

Shane Regan, aged 18, of Fossa, Killarney, died on Thursday. He was one of a number of suspects arrested after the fatal attack on Stefan Lyne near his family home in the Ross Road area of Killarney. A garda source said Shane Regan was one of the main suspects in the fatal attack on Lyne, aged 17.

After the arrest of Regan and a number of others, a file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The DPP had sought additional information and this was forwarded to his office by gardaí who were awaiting a decision on the file.

It is believed there were up to five youths in the vicinity of the fatal assault.

Gardaí suspect he may have been stabbed as he was being robbed.

Earlier this week Regan is understood to have received serious head injuries when he fell down the stairs of a house in Tralee.

A garda source said: “It seems others in the house who found him at the bottom of the stairs brought him to a bedroom and placed him in a bed not realising how seriously injured he was. It was some time later they realised he was in a coma and called the emergency services. He was brought to hospital and died two days later from his injuries.” Gardaí are satisfied the fall was accidental.