17-year-old boy pleads guilty to manslaughter in Dublin

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A 17-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 18-year-old Azzam Raguragui and not guilty to his murder at the Central Criminal Court. The proceedings were reported on 1 September 2020.

The stabbing took place at Finsbury Park in Dundrum, Dublin, on 10 May 2019. James Dwyer SC told the jury that the case arose from a confrontation between two groups of youths and that it was the State's case that the accused was not acting in self-defence when he stabbed Azzam five times.

The report said the accused went to Dundrum Garda Station the following day and made a voluntary statement in which he admitted stabbing Azzam and said he had acted in self-defence.