Murphy trial - Judge did a fair job in a difficult case

On balance, Judge Michael White got it right.

Contrary to widespread fears, the jail sentences handed down by him to three young men convicted in connection with the killing of Brian Murphy, who was kicked to death in a fracas outside Dublin’s Burlington Hotel, were not unduly lenient.

The very fact that they have all received jail sentences, has lent a sense of fairness to yesterday’s verdict at Dublin District Criminal Court.