Paul Gill acquitted of manslaughter after Naas assault trial

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Paul Gill was acquitted of manslaughter at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 11 December 2017. He had pleaded guilty to assaulting Patrick Kelly and Martin Curtis during the same incident, and was remanded on continuing bail pending sentence.

The court heard that the dispute involved late-night drinking and noise at a house on Sarto Road, Naas. Evidence described Gill attacking Kelly and Curtis on 22 August 2015; Kelly later died, with postmortem evidence identifying heart disease and minor assault trauma as contributing factors.

Judge Melanie Greally warned that some custodial element was inevitable.