Prosecution urges murder trial jury 'to leave sympathy aside'

A prosecuting barrister in the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial has urged the jury to leave all feeling of sympathy aside and to decide the outcome of the case on the evidence it heard in the witness box.

Mr Brendan Grehan SC (with Mr Edward Comyn SC) told the four women and eight men in the jury they would be "less than human" if they didn't feel some sympathy for the family and friends of Mr Murphy as he delivered his two-hour closing address this afternoon on the 26th day of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.