Shannon nightclub murder accused used 'deadly weapon with deadly force', trial hears

Jury hears closing speeches in trial of Nathan O'Neill for the murder of Jamie Higgins, 23

Nathan O’Neill admits manslaughter but denies murdering Jamie Higgins, 23, at the Shannon Knights licensed premises at Tullyvarraga, Shannon, Co Clare, on March 18, 2018. File picture: Larry Cummins

The prosecution in the trial of a Limerick man for a nightclub killing said it was murder plain and simple and that the accused came back to the premises with a knife thinking it would be last time he would be humiliated.

The defence said the accused man had denied murder but admitted manslaughter and said: “This is a decent young man unfortunately embroiled in a dreadful situation where in the background there were sinister aspects.”