Man involved in fatal school fight had violent past, inquest told

A Co Down man involved in a fatal school-gate fight with a pupil’s grandfather had a string of convictions for violence, it was revealed today.

The troubled past of James Faulkner, 46, was detailed at the inquest in Belfast of 63-year-old Clint Donnan, who died after a confrontation with Mr Faulkner outside Portavogie Primary School in Co Down on the last day of term before Christmas 2002.