Zoltan Almasi admits manslaughter in murder trial

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Zoltan Almasi pleaded not guilty to murdering Joseph Dunne but guilty to manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court; the trial was reported on 17 June 2021.

Dunne died after a single blow to the back of his head at Harbour View, Naas, on 16 May 2014.

Almasi testified that he took a baseball bat outside after hearing people hitting and kicking his van, intending to chase them away.

He accepted that he struck Dunne, but said he did not know what had happened until a Garda told him at the station.

During cross-examination, Almasi denied knowing the blow had been fatal when he left the scene; prosecutors challenged his account of the impact and his later journey.