Kerry man loses his appeal against manslaughter sentence

The Court of Criminal Appeal has upheld the 14-year sentence handed down to a Kerry man who killed a man he found in bed with his brother’s teenage ex-girlfriend.

Gerard O'Riordan (aged 26) punched father-of-three James Brazier (aged 30), also known as 'English Jim', to the point of unconsciousness before beating him with a tubular steel chair after he found him lying next to the then 15-year-old girl.