Zhen Dong Zhao jailed for six years for manslaughter of Noel Fegan

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Zhen Dong Zhao was sentenced to six years in prison for the manslaughter of Noel Fegan, whom he kicked to death outside a Dublin internet café in 2011. Judge Patrick McCarthy ordered that Zhao receive credit for the two years and eight months he had already spent in custody.

Zhao had pleaded guilty to manslaughter after his earlier murder conviction was overturned on appeal and a retrial was ordered. The court heard that the fatal attack followed a dispute over a 70-cent phone call and that Fegan was kicked repeatedly in the head and neck.