Kilkenny accused's barrister says 'tragic set of circumstances', and not murder, led to man's death

The barrister for a Kilkenny man, charged with murdering his nephew’s friend, has suggested that what happened was an accident and a tragic set of circumstances that could never be legislated for.

Michael Bowman SC was giving his closing speech to the jury in the Central Criminal Court trial of Tadhg Butler, who is charged with murdering Michael O’Dwyer on 10, January 2014. The 25-year-old died in hospital, hours after receiving a stab wound to his chest at a party in Mr Butler’s Co Waterford home.