"Having suffered a fatal knife wound to his neck, a Dublin father called the man who had inflicted the injury a "dirtbird" and told him: "You stabbed me in the artery, you f***ing eejit," a murder trial has heard."
"The jury in the trial of Joseph Lawlor (39) today viewed CCTV footage of the moment when the accused stabbed his friend Michael 'Chino' Ryan during a physical altercation following a day of drinking."
"The jury has seen CCTV footage of two prior altercations between the men on the same day."
A Dublin father, Michael 'Chino' Ryan, suffered a fatal knife wound to the neck during a physical altercation and called his attacker a 'dirtbird' while saying, 'You stabbed me in the artery, you f***ing eejit.' The accused, 39-year-old Joseph Lawlor, is on trial for murder. CCTV footage captured the moment Lawlor stabbed Ryan after a day of drinking and showed two prior confrontations between the men earlier that day. The jury viewed the visual evidence as part of the prosecution's case. The incident followed multiple exchanges and escalating tensions between friends.
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