Dublin man sentenced to 15 years over death of boy in fire

A Dublin man convicted last month of causing the death of a boy 13 years ago by setting a children's makeshift den on fire has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Dublin man sentenced to 15 years over death of boy in fire

A Dublin man convicted last month of causing the death of a boy 13 years ago by setting a children's makeshift den on fire has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Stephen Hughes was 12 years old in 2001 when he died in the fire in the den where he had been sleeping overnight.

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