Damien Singleton pleads guilty to manslaughter in Dublin

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Damien Singleton pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 21 September 2021; he denied murder.

The prosecution opened its case on 21 September 2021 in the trial over Peter Donnelly’s killing on O’Connell Street, Dublin, on 11 June 2019.

Prosecutor Lorcan Staines SC told the jury the State’s case was that the killing was murder; Singleton maintained that Donnelly had come at him with the knife.

The report described CCTV footage showing a man in darker clothing strike a man in a lighter tracksuit three times with what appeared to be a knife.

The trial continued before a jury of eight men and four women.