Two men have been found guilty of the murder of Croatian national Josip Strok on a Dublin street last year.
At the Central Criminal Court, 44-year-old Mark Lee and 19-year-old Anthony Delappe were found guilty by a majority verdict of of the murder of 31-year-old Mr Strok.
21-year-old Connor Rafferty of Castlegrange Close, Clondalkin had pleaded not guilty to Mr Strok’s murder. The jury returned a not guilty verdict in respect of the murder charge against him.
All three had already pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Mr Strok’s friend, 29-year-old David Druzinec at the same location.
The prosecution told the Central Criminal Court that Mr Strok was repeatedly kicked in the head, punched, stamped on and beaten.
44-year-old Mark Lee of no fixed abode and Anthony Delappe of Melrose Avenue, Clondalkin were convicted by the jury following more than six hours of deliberations
They have been remanded in custody for sentencing on 17 November next.
A third man, 21-year-old Connor Rafferty, of Castlegrange Close, Clondalkin, who had already admitted to the assault of the victim’s friend, was found not guilty of murder by the jury this afternoon.