Parents ‘relieved’ after man jailed for killing son

The parents of a German student said they are "relieved that this chapter is closed" after a Dublin man was sentenced to eight years with the final year and a half suspended for the manslaughter of their student son in 2012.

A Dublin teenager was sentenced to nine years with the final two suspended for the murder of the student.

Thomas Heinrich, aged 22, and Robert Rinker, aged 25, were stabbed on St Anthony’s Rd in Rialto on December 1, 2012. Mr Rinker survived but Mr Heinrich died as a result of the injuries he sustained.