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Man Found Guilty of Bus Death

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Man Found Guilty of Bus Death

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12:53 22 May 2014


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A homeless man has been found guilty of killing another man by punching him and causing him to fall under a Dublin bus in December 2012.

Eoghan Dudley died almost instantly from "catastrophic and traumatic injuries" after going under the back wheel of the 145 bus at the corner of Nassau Street and Dawson Street during rush hour traffic.

A total of seven eye witnesses told the court they saw Edward Connors throwing the punch that caused him to fall into its path.

Edward Connors denied this and claimed he was actually trying to grab him after he fell off the footpath.

Mr. Dudley had a cocktail of drugs in his system at the time and two experts told this trial that that could have caused him to become unstable on his feet.

But after four and a half hours of deliberating, the jurors returned with a unanimous guilty verdict.

Edward Connors is deaf and needed a sign language interpreter to communicate today's decision to him.

Judge Patrick McCartan then remanded him in custody and he's due to be sentenced early next month.


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