In the court report yesterday on the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial Mr Anthony Sammon SC, for Mr Sean Mackey, was incorrectly quoted in his closing address to the jury.
The following excerpt from the trial transcript gives the correct version of what he said:
"But one has to be very careful about this and there is one thing I want you to understand very fully and that is whether a person was part of a joint enterprise or not is not a matter of law, it is a matter of fact, and you are the judges of fact in this case and nobody can tell you that when Sean Mackey went in and delivered that sneaky kick to the unfortunate Brian Murphy on the ground, nobody can tell you that was part of a joint enterprise as a matter of law.
" It is for you to decide as to whether you are of the view that, on doing that, he was part of the joint enterprise or not."