"The jury in the Kerry murder trial have found Fergus O'Connor guilty of the murder of his brother Paudie O'Connor in Castleisland after a family funeral."
"After seven days of evidence the 12-person jury had been asked to consider their verdict on whether or not Paudie O'Connor intended to kill his brother and was therefore guilty of murder or whether he acted in self-defence during a row with his brother and in doing so, used excessive force, which would be considered manslaughter."
Fergus O'Connor was found guilty of murdering his brother Paudie O'Connor in Castleisland after a family funeral. The verdict followed seven days of evidence presented to a 12-person jury. Jurors were asked to decide whether the killing was intentional, constituting murder, or whether the defendant acted in self-defence and used excessive force, which would amount to manslaughter. The jury determined that the required intent for murder was present. The case turned on questions of intent and the degree of force used during a post-funeral confrontation.
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