David Mahon will not appeal Dean Fitzpatrick killing conviction

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David Mahon accepted his conviction for killing Dean Fitzpatrick and would not appeal it at the Central Criminal Court on 30 May 2016.

The court was told Mahon would learn on 13 June 2016 what sentence he would serve. The report said he claimed Fitzpatrick had walked onto a knife during an earlier confrontation, an account his barrister raised for consideration at sentencing.