Legal argument in manslaughter trial

The trial of four men accused of beating drug addict Josie Dwyer to death has gone into legal argument in the absence of the …

The trial of four men accused of beating drug addict Josie Dwyer to death has gone into legal argument in the absence of the jury until Monday morning.

Yesterday was the 15th day of the manslaughter trial of Mr Hugh Byrne (33), Dolphin House; Mr Mark Cooke (25), Dolphin House; Mr John Fitzpatrick (35), Fatima Mansions; and Mr William Kenny (55), St Anthony's Road, all Rialto. The four have also been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm on Mr Alan Byrne, and of violent disorder, on May 14th, 1996.