Two men wanted in relation to fatal stabbing in UK last month appear in court

Two men wanted in relation to a fatal stabbing in the UK last month have appeared before the High Court in Dublin.

Kane Hull (28) of Bower Street, and Liam Porter (32) of Fulmer Place, both addresses in Carlisle, appeared before the court on Friday after their detention on foot of international arrest warrants.

The pair, who are sought in relation to the death of a man who was stabbed to death on a street in the northern UK city, were arrested by gardaí­ in Co Mayo late last month.

Both men are wanted in relation to the death of Ryan Kirkpatrick (24) on September 18th of this year.

On September 27th at Cumbria Magistrates Court, accusation warrants were issued for Mr Hull and Mr Porter relating to the fatal stabbing, while Mr Porter is also further wanted in relation to assisting an offender.

Both men previously appeared before the High Court on September 29th, after being arrested on foot of Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) warrants.

In the UK, both murder and manslaughter carry a maximum of life imprisonment while assisting an offender carries a maximum of 10 years’ imprisonment, the warrant states.

Both men are alleged to have left the UK on September 22th, while at last month’s hearing gardaí­ gave evidence of arresting the men in the Carracastle area of County Mayo.

Gda Caroline Hyland, of Castlebar Garda Station, said she was satisfied from her inquiries that the person brought before the court was the same Kane Hull named on the warrant. She said that the respondent replied “no comment” when he asked if he understood the summary of the offences contained in the warrant.

Gda Jimmy O’Brien, also of Castlebar Garda Station, gave evidence of arresting Liam Porter. He told the court that, when he read the summary of the offences contained in the warrant to the respondent, he replied: “Yeah, I understand, yeah.”

On Friday at the High Court, Thomas Horan BL told Justice Paul McDermott that he had only consulted with his clients on Wednesday of this week and needed more time to lodge his points of objection to their extradition.

Mr Tony McGillicuddy BL, for the applicant, the Minister for Justice, said that while today’s date had been listed for hearing he had no objection regarding time being allowed for Mr Horan to complete his points of objection. Mr Justice McDermott fixed October 22th, 2021, as a new date for hearing.