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Sat 02 Feb 2009Man who slashed transvestite's throat gets five-year sentence
A HOMELESS man who slashed the throat of a Filipino transvestite four days after they had sex has been sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Vincent Murtagh (23) met the victim, a male nurse, dressed in a miniskirt, high heels and make-up on June 23rd, 2007, while he was leaving Zanzibar nightclub in Dublin city centre.
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