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Both men appeared via a videolink with Maghaberry, and were each informed that their sentences will be divided equally between custody and licence.
As he sentenced the pair, Mr Justice O’Hara spoke of the impact Mr Macrae’s death has had on his parents Gordon and June, and his sister Rebecca.
Mr Macrea was attacked in the early hours of Sunday October 14, 2018 and was rushed to the Ulster Hospital. He sustained a fractured skull and multiple brain injuries and was transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital, where he passed away on Tuesday October 23.
Mr Justice O’Hara said that after viewing CCTV footage from both inside and outside the bar, it was clear all three men were drunk.
Two men to be sentenced next month for the manslaughter of Ryan Macrae Ryan MacRae, who died in October 2018 19 December, 2020 01:00
TWO men were remanded into custody yesterday and will be sentenced next month for the manslaughter of gifted musician Ryan Macrae.
Mr Macrae, who was 32 and from Killyleagh, Co Down, died nine days after he was punched and kicked outside the Fiddler s Green bar in Portaferry in October 2018.
Jordan Donnelly (21) from Ardminnan Road in Portaferry and 30-year old father-of-two Robert Kiernan from Princetown Road in Bangor admitted a charge of causing the manslaughter of Mr Macrae.
He was attacked in the early hours of Sunday October 14, 2018 and was rushed to the Ulster Hospital. He was then transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital, where he passed away on Tuesday October 23.
Two men were remanded in custody yesterday to be sentenced next month for the manslaughter of gifted musician Ryan Macrae.
Killyleagh man Mr Macrae (32) died nine days after being punched and kicked outside the Fiddler s Green bar in Portaferry.
Jordan Donnelly (21), from Ardminnan Road in the town, and father-of-two Robert Kiernan (30), from Princetown Road in Bangor, admitted the manslaughter of Mr Macrae.
He was attacked in the early hours of Sunday, October 14, 2018 and passed away in the Royal Victoria Hospital on October 23.
Both Donnelly and Kiernan sat in the dock of Belfast Crown Court in adherence with social distancing guidelines.
Two men remanded into custody for manslaughter of gifted musician
Ryan Macrae, who was 32 and from Killyleagh, died nine days after he was punched and kicked outside the Fiddler s Green bar in Portaferry in October 2018
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Man who admitted throwing unlit petrol bomb into home of sleeping couple avoids jail 18 December, 2020 14:50
A CO Down man has narrowly avoided being jailed after he admitted throwing an unlit petrol bomb into the home of a sleeping couple.
Suspending a two year sentence for three years, Judge Geoffrey Miller QC told Johnathan Neal Martinez that he shuddered to think what would have happened if the petrol bomb had ignited burning embers in a fire grate.
Former soldier Martinez (43), of Princetown Road in Bangor, pleaded guilty to a single count of throwing a petrol bomb. A second charge of making a petrol bomb was left on the books and not to be proceeded with without the leave of the Crown Court or the Court of Appeal .