Man gets nine years for killing friend by stabbing him in the neck over 'paltry' €100 debt

The victim's father said: 'There is no greater pain than to see your child lying in a coffin knowing that he was stabbed to death by a so-called friend'

John Titiloye was sentenced to 10 years in prison with the final year suspended for a period of two years. It was backdated to when he went into custody on August 11, 2021.

A man has been jailed for nine years for killing his 25-year-old friend who he stabbed in the neck after they had rowed over a €100 debt and a stolen scooter.

Sentencing John Titiloye at the Central Criminal Court on Monday, Mr Justice Paul McDermott said it was hard to believe that such "a paltry sum of money" would generate such a level of bad feeling and violence amongst men who were former friends.