Inmate died after attack over remote

A MOUNTJOY prisoner has been sentenced to eight years in prison for killing a fellow inmate over a remote control.

Alan Smith, aged 34, of Ballybough House, Ballybough Road and Buttercup Park, Darndale, both in Dublin, had pleaded not guilty to murdering David Byrne on July 3, 2009.

However, he pleaded guilty to the 29-year-old’s manslaughter in Mountjoy prison and this was accepted by the state.