Murder trial witness recalls assault
A man who survived an assault which killed his friend said the two accused called them "f***ing Chinese" and beat him so his eyes "were covered in blood", the trial of two Dublin men accused of murder and of causing harm heard today at the Central Criminal Court.
James Harmer, aged 27, of the Abbey Hostel, Bachelors Walk, Dublin, and Noel O'Flaherty, aged 34, of McCormack Gardens, Baldoyle, Dublin, have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Ly Minh Luong, aged 50 at Temple Bar, Dublin on August 19, 2002.