Murder victim's friend admits to punching accused

A friend of Brian Murphy has told the trial of four youths charged with killing him outside the Burlington Hotel that he punched one of the accused a number of times because he believed he was part of a gang attacking him.

Michael Hussey told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court he hit Andrew Frame on the back of the head a number of times because he was part of a group that descended on the dead man after Mr Murphy was involved in a scuffle with another one of the accused, Sean Mackey.