Witness went for a beer during deadly attack, court told

A woman who witnessed the assault on a man got up from her "ringside" seat "for a can of beer" during the attack, the trial of two Dublin men accused of murdering a man heard today at the Central Criminal Court.

Alan Keogh, aged 32, of Wellmount Green, Finglas and Gary McNevin, aged 31, of no fixed abode but with an address at Glenhill Road, Finglas, have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Peter Mitchell, aged 32, of Monasterboice Road, Crumlin, at Monasterboice Road between and inclusive of October 17 and October 20, 2003.