Life sentence for accused after 'cold-blooded' pub murder

A 48-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for the "cold-blooded, assassination-type" murder of a former kickboxing champion that took place last year in front of a crowd of shocked onlookers in his local Dublin pub.

Bernard Dempsey (aged 48) from Golden Lane, Dublin, had denied murdering James Curran (aged 42) in the Green Lizard Pub, Francis St, Dublin, on April 3, 2005.