Man charged with murder after alleged roadside attack

A father-of-one will go on trial at the Central Criminal Court in February, charged with murdering an English motorist, who died after an alleged roadside attack.

Karl Donohoe (aged 29) of Fishermans Wharf, Ringsend, Dublin is charged with the murder of 49-year-old Raymond Bates on September 30 last in Sandymount, Dublin.

The father-of-three from Durham sustained serious head injuries in an incident four days earlier at the junction of Sandymount Road, Newbridge Avenue and Tritonville Road.

He went to St Vincent's Hospital the following day after becoming unwell, and was transferred to Beaumont Hospital where he fell into a coma and died.

Mr Bates had been in Ireland working on a gas pipeline.

Mr Justice Paul Carney remanded Mr Donohoe on continuing bail until his trial on February 20, 2012.