Donal Colgan pleads guilty to manslaughter, denies murder

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Donal Colgan pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder at the Central Criminal Court, in a report published on 2 November 2017.

David Sheridan was fatally stabbed outside Luigi’s chip shop on North Strand Road, Dublin, on 17 August 2014. The State did not accept Colgan’s manslaughter plea, and the murder trial was continuing before Justice Tony Hunt and a jury.

A garda told the court Colgan said he acted in self-defence after two men attacked him. A witness said she saw him return with a knife and stab Sheridan, while medical evidence recorded multiple stab wounds as the cause of death.