Man who threw homeless person down rubbish chute gets murder conviction quashed

Second time murder conviction quashed by Court of Appeal

David O'Loughlin in 2015. Picture: Michael Mac Sweeney/Cork Courts

A man who killed a vulnerable homeless man by throwing him down a 40ft rubbish chute has had his murder conviction quashed for the second time by the Court of Appeal.

The three-judge court substituted David O'Loughlin's murder verdict with a manslaughter verdict having found there was no evidence that he intended to kill or cause serious injury to Liam Manley.