'Road rage' case upgraded to murder

The case of a man charged with assaulting an English motorist, who died after an alleged road rage attack in Dublin last September, has been upgraded to murder.

Raymond Bates (aged 49), who was from Durham, sustained serious head injuries following an incident at the junction of Sandymount Road/Newbridge Avenue and Tritonville Road, in Sandymount, in Dublin 4, on September 26 last.