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A FATHER-OF-FOUR was. last night found guilty of killing his brother during a drink-fuelled row at a house on the outskirts of Ennis last year.
Patrick McDonagh (27), of Bridge Court, Roslevan, Ennis, had denied murdering his brother Charlie (30),
at Bridge Court, on January 28, 2007. He had also denied the alter- native charge of manslaughter and a further charge of producing a knife in the course of a fight.
A nolle prosecui was entered by the State on the knife charge, after the jury failed to reach a verdict.
It was the State’s case that after an evening of drinking in their neigh-
bouring homes, a row between the brothers developed into a “serious, almost gladiatorial fight” that led to elaas he: ou(enler-U ms @UUbnitcam
After a fight involving a knife and a hatchet, Charlie McDonagh, a fa- ther of four, was stabbed 12 times, including the fatal wound to his Sikeyeet-eee
The jury reached its majority ver-
dict shortly after 7pm last night, af- ter almost six hours deliberating, at the Central Criminal Court in Dub- lin. It found him not guilty of mur- der, but guilty of manslaughter.
Patrick McDonagh was remanded on continuing bail and will be sen- tenced on May 6.