A man today admitted killing an Irishman living in London by throwing him in front of an underground train during the rush hour.
Mehmet Bala (20) of Lower Clapton, east London, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility.
His plea of not guilty to murder was accepted by the court. He had been a voluntary patient at Homerton Hospital in east London at the time of the killing.
John Curran (52) died after he was pushed from a crowded platform on the Victoria Line at Highbury and Islington station, north London, on July 7th - the first anniversary of the London bombings.
The Friday evening incident was witnessed by other commuters and shut the northbound line down. Bala was chased by another passenger and identified from CCTV images.
The machine operator who worked in Greenwich, southeast London, was originally from from Dungarvan, Co Waterford.
Mr Curran had been in England for 25 years and lived in north London with his long-term girlfriend.