Man denies manslaughter of another man at homeless charity in centre of Cork City

The trial heard from three volunteers of the street café who were there on the night of the incident on St Patrick’s Street

Adrian Henry pictured at Cork City District Court in relation to a serious assault on Patrick Street, Cork on September 12, 2019, following which a man died. The deceased, a man in his 40s, passed away on Friday October 25, 2019 at Cork University Hospital following a serious assault that occurred close to the junction with Academy Street, shortly after 9pm on Thursday, September 12, 2019.

A 49–year-old man denied the manslaughter of a 40-year-old man when they were attending a homeless charity called the street café in Cork city centre in September 2019 and a jury was sworn in for a trial.

Adrian Henry of Seminary Road, Blackpool, Cork, is charged with the manslaughter of James Duncan, 40, at St Patrick’s Street in Cork on September 12, 2019. He replied “not guilty”, when the manslaughter charge was put to him at his arraignment at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.