Man guilty of setting den on fire, killing boy

A man has been found guilty of setting a children’s makeshift den on fire causing the death of a boy more than 13 years ago.

Stephen Hughes was 12 years old in 2001 when he died in the fire in the den where he had been sleeping overnight.

Dermot Griffin, aged 54, of Ballyfermot Rd, Ballyfermot, had pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to manslaughter at Rossfield Avenue, Tallaght, on September 1, 2001.