Manslaughter accused admitted to kicking victim, court hears

One of the accused in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial told his girlfriend two weeks after the 18-year-old died outside the Burlington Hotel that he kicked him once in the chest when he was lying on the ground, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Elizabeth O'Mahoney, who was a neighbour of Brian Murphy and the sister of his best friend, said Sean Mackey told her he kicked him when she was in her friend, Mella Kennedy's, house over two weeks after the death outside the Burlington Hotel.