Former Blackrock student guilty of manslaughter

One of the four former Blackrock College students facing charges in the death of a Dublin teenager outside a nightclub over three years ago has been found guilty of manslaughter and violent disorder.

After more than nine hours of deliberation in the past two days, a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court last night found Dermot Laide, aged 22, of Rossvale, Castleblayney, Co Monaghan, guilty on both counts. The offences relate to the violent death of 18-year-old student Brian Murphy outside Club Anabel at the Burlington Hotel on Sussex Rd, Dublin 4, on August 31, 2000.