Prisoner murdered inmate in TV row

A Central Criminal Court jury has found a Waterford man guilty of murdering a fellow Cork Prison inmate in an argument over television.

During the trial, the court heard evidence that Brian Veale, 31, stabbed Graham Johnson, 41, through the heart with a carving knife and smiled as he said to a witness: “If I get a life sentence it doesn’t matter.”

Veale’s defence lawyers told the jury that “fear” was “at the heart of this case” and that the prosecution had failed to prove self-defence was not an issue.