Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring said that one of the defendants, Mark Lee (44), murdered Josip Strok (31) while acting on weak hearsay evidence from two youths that the deceased and his friend, David Druzinec (29), had assaulted a child.

Josip Strok and his friend David Druzinec had been drinking all day when they met a 17-year-old boy at a bus stop in Clondalkin and asked him for a lighter

At the Central Criminal Court on Thursday, Mark Lee (44) and Anthony Delappe (19) were found guilty by a majority verdict of 11–1 of the murder of Mr Strok (31)

(L-r) Anthony Delappe, Mark Lee, and Connor Rafferty have all pleaded not guilty to Josip Strok's murder

David Druzinec, 29, was cross-examined on Thursday on his evidence about the assault in which his friend Josip Strok, 31, lost his life.