2021-05-24
Son who killed father suffering 'worse than 10 life sentences', daughter tells court
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: At a sentence hearing today, the court also heard that the defendant David Fortune was jailed for eight years in 2006 for manslaughter after he fatally stabbed 31-year-old Michael Murphy outside the 'Buddha Bar' in Dublin west. Sean Gillane SC, for the Director of Public Prosecutions, told Ms Justice Eileen Creedon that the killing of Gerry Fortune in 2018 falls in the upper end of seriousness for manslaughter and the defendant should be jailed for up to 15 years.; Ms Justice Creedon adjourned sentencing until June 28.