Teen guilty of manslaughter for killing of neighbour

A Dublin teenager has been cleared of murdering his neighbour whom he shot in the chest after the 50-year-old had chased him down a lane wearing a balaclava, because the youth had egged his house.

The Central Criminal Court jury found 18-year-old Conor Duffy not guilty of murder but guilty of the manslaughter of Aidan O'Kane in December 2008, following just under two and a half hours of deliberations.