Keith Brady charged with murder in Sligo stabbing

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Keith Brady is charged with murder at the Central Criminal Court, where his trial was heard on 20 November 2018.

The charge concerns Martin Kivlehan’s fatal stabbing at The New Apartments on Holborn Street, Sligo.

Brady has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter, a plea the prosecution has not accepted.

The prosecution said the jury must consider whether intoxication affected Brady’s ability to form murderous intent.

The trial was continuing before Ms Justice Carmel Stewart and was expected to last more than two weeks.