When Dargan began “swinging” punches Mr Mullally put his hands up to shield himself. Mr Mullally suffered a subdural haemorrhage and brain trauma due to a blunt trauma to the face and head and died the next day. The Mullally family following today's sentencing (Photo: Gerry Mooney)The defendant, a Taekwondo instructor who has worked as a doorman at Lillie's Bordello nightclub for two decades, admitted “lashing out” with a punch. She said Mr Mullally will now miss watching their daughter grow up and said “I'll never be able to forgive him for that”. Mr Heneghan handed in a number of character references from family and employers and contacts from Dargan's role as a martial arts instructor.

Source: Irish Independent January 29, 2020 12:45 UTC