Teenager jailed for murdering man who knocked over his beer

A 16-year-old male from Limerick has been sentenced to 10 years by the Central Criminal Court for the brutal murder of a man who knocked over his bottle of beer.

Teenager jailed for murdering man who knocked over his beer

A 16-year-old male from Limerick has been sentenced to 10 years by the Central Criminal Court for the brutal murder of a man who knocked over his bottle of beer.

The defendant was drinking on the street with other boys when Patrick Coleman (aged 32) passed by and knocked over the teenager’s drink. Mr Coleman was followed, stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle and left to bleed to death.

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