Man who assaulted friend over lewd comments found guilty of murder

Tomas Cypas, aged 35, with an address at Foxborough Road, Lucan, Co Dublin, had pleaded not guilty to murdering Latvian national Juris Kokenbergs, who was 49, at Old Bridge Park, Lucan, Co Dublin on October 28, 2024. File picture: Colin Keegan/Collins

A scaffolder who meted out a "volley of violence" on a defenceless "drunken bowsie" in response to his mother being insulted with lewd requests for sex has been found guilty of murder by a Central Criminal Court jury.

The jury took six hours and 54 minutes over three days to reject the defence case by a majority verdict, finding that this was not an unlawful killing but a case of murder.