A Dublin man has been jailed for four years for the manslaughter of another man at a bus stop.
Ian Stanbridge (24) from Bawnlee Drive, Tallaght, was convicted last month of killing Mr James Kavanagh (36), who died in hospital three days after the assault on Eden Quay on May 27th, 2003.
Stanbridge, a father of two with 20 previous convictions, had denied the charge.
He was also convicted by the jury of assaulting Mr Kavanagh causing him serious harm and of assaulting him causing him harm.
The court heard the two men got into an argument and Stanbridge punched his victim once in the head. Mr Kavanagh fell to the ground and lost consciousness, and he died three days later in the Mater Hospital.
Following his arrest on June 7th, 2003, Stanbridge made a statement to gardaí in which he admitted swinging a punch at the deceased but claimed that he had done this in self-defence after Mr Kavanagh tried to push him into the Liffey.
Judge Yvonne Murphy heard that Stanbridge had 20 previous convictions for offences including robbery, criminal damage and public order.
She said that she had noted the description of the case by Mr Brendan Nix SC, defending, as a "one punch manslaughter". However she said that the single blow was "one of considerable force" which broke Mr Kavanagh's jaw and cheekbone. She accepted that Stanbridge had expressed deep remorse for the crime.