Man found guilty of murdering his friend

A MAN will be given a mandatory life sentence after being convicted of murdering his friend in a row in Wicklow last year.

Thomas O’Connor, aged 24, of Burnaby Court, Greystones, had pleaded not guilty to murdering John O’Brien at Farrankelly Road, Delgany, on June 4, 2010.

But the jury of six men and six women returned a unanimous verdict of guilty after nearly four hours of deliberation.