Man, 27, pleads not guilty to manslaughter after 65-year-old dies two weeks after punch

A 27-year-old man admitted assaulting a 65-year-old man at the back door of a pub in Kanturk, Co Cork, but pleaded not guilty to manslaughter yesterday.

Finbarr Lehane died in hospital a fortnight after being struck at the Stand Bar after midnight on October 24, 2016.

Jonathan O’Sullivan was arraigned in front of a jury yesterday on the single charge of unlawful killing. He replied that he was not guilty of manslaughter but guilty of assault.