Jury begins deliberations over Limerick man accused of stabbing his friend to death 

The jury can return three verdicts in relation to the murder charge against Mr Mark Crawford. Picture: iStock

A jury has begun deliberating in the trial of a Limerick man accused of stabbing his friend to death in a bar after a row over payment for cocaine.

Ms Justice Tara Burns concluded her charge to the jurors this morning in the Central Criminal Court trial of Mark Crawford of Quarry Road, Thomondgate, Co Limerick, who has pleaded not guilty to murdering Patrick 'Pa' O'Connor (24) at Fitzgerald's Bar, Sexton Street, in Limerick city between July 7 and July 8, 2018.