National court archive ยท 2026-03-20
'Nuisance' offender gets life for murdering 'drunken bowsie' after 'lewd requests'
At a glance
- Crime
- murder
- People
- Tomas Cypas, Juris Kokenbergs, Paul McDermott, Brendan Grehan SC, Conor Devally SC, Neil McGrath
- Locations
- Foxborough Road, Lucan, Co Dublin, Old Bridge Park, Latvia
- Court
- Central Criminal Court
- Outcome
- life imprisonment for murder
Summary
Tomas Cypas has received the mandatory life sentence for murdering Juris Kokenbergs in Lucan. A jury convicted him by a majority verdict after hearing that an assault followed an argument involving an alleged lewd request, while the defence had argued for manslaughter.
Original reporting: courtsnewsireland.ie