Sex offender jailed for manslaughter

A convicted Louth sex offender has been jailed for six years for the manslaughter of a 57-year-old man whom he claimed sexually molested his girlfriend while they slept rough on a Dublin street.

Derek Clarke (aged 26) of Moneymore, Drogheda was convicted by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of unlawfully killing Mr Martin Reilly on July 12, 2004.