Five to be tried for murder of Irish teenager in Australia

Cian English fell to his death attempting to escape knife-wielding robbers

Cian English fell to his death when he was being robbed at knifepoint following an apartment party where it is alleged three men, already charged with his murder, were high on prescription drugs. 

Three men charged with the murder of an Irish teenager in Australia are to stay behind bars until their trial date has been set.

Cian English, 19, originally from Bullock Park in Carlow Town, but who was living in the eastern Brisbane suburb of Hawthorne, suffered traumatic injuries when he fell from a fourth-floor balcony at the View Pacific resort in Surfer's Paradise at around 3.15am on Saturday, May 23 during a robbery at an apartment party where it is alleged three men, already charged with his murder, were high on prescription drugs.