Two men jailed over Christmas attack on barber

Two men charged with violent disorder following the death of a 29-year-old father of one at Christmas five years ago were yesterday jailed for three years, with part of the sentences were suspended.

Sean Dyas, aged 24, of Rathmullen Park, Drogheda, and Roy Traynor, aged 23, of Beechwood Drive, Marley’s Lane, Drogheda, both pleaded guilty to violent disorder at Rowan Heights, Marley’s Lane, on Dec 25-26 in 2007. Darren McKeown, a barber from Donore, Co Meath, died in Beaumont Hospital on Dec 29, having never regained consciousness.

Judge Ray Fulham said the case arose out of events on those dates, on which there had been a series of parties. In the course of the parties, “a sequence of assaults took place on Mr McKeown” in which several people were involved.