The jury in the trial of a Dublin man who admits killing another but denies that it was murder have been sent to a hotel for the night.
In the Central Criminal Court, John Cleary (24), of St Mark's Avenue, Clondalkin, Dublin admitted beating and then fatally stabbing Kenneth Foley, (45), at Jamestown Court in Inchicore but he pleaded not guilty to murder.
Mr Foley, a single man with an address at Tyrconnell Road, Inchicore, was found with his throat cut on the steps of the 'old folks complex' at Jamestown Court in the early hours of January 15th, 1999.
The jury retired shortly after four o'clock today. Mr Justice Kevin O'Higgins directed that there were two verdicts open to it: murder or manslaughter.