Court hears troubled background of man guilty of Clara manslaughter

A young man who was convicted of manslaughter was taken from his drug-addicted mother as a baby and suffered the death of both his foster parents as a child, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

Ross Allen (aged 26) from Clara, Co Offaly was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter last June for his part in the killing of Christy Daly at Bog Lane in Clara.