Nephew sentenced for uncle's death

A man who beat his uncle to death because he wrongly believed he had raped his sister has been jailed for four years by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Stephen Byrne drank 10 pints before he punched his 53-year-old uncle, Michael O’Brien, up to eight times in the head and then smashed a jug over his head when he called to the flat the dead man shared with his brother, Anthony O’Brien, who witnessed the violent attack.