'Nothing but evil': Criminal 'tormented' vulnerable man before stabbing him to death

Accused 'took the life of an innocent and vulnerable man that had a brain injury', court heard

Rebecca Hall, daughter of the late Christopher Hall, speaking to the media outside the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin after the sentence hearing of Owen Maughan. Picture: IrishPhotoDesk.ie

The actions of a 22-year-old criminal who harassed and tormented a vulnerable man with a brain injury before stabbing him to death in his own home have been described by the victim's family as "nothing but evil".

Christopher Hall's daughter Rebecca told the Central Criminal Court on Monday the decision by defendant Owen Maughan to plead guilty to murdering her father does not change anything for her family, as it "does not undo or justify" what he did and will not bring her father back.