I think justice was served here.

That's really it.

You can agree with the verdict and also not slate the DPP for bringing the case.

I respect the jury’s verdict.

The Brazilian was not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter. Trouble was brewing for some time and he decided that enough was enough and took a stand and was deliberately armed for the purpose. The fact that he has already served some time in jail and is unlikely to reoffend a suspended sentence may be the correct verdict in law. I agree 100% that the court was right in setting him free. I can't but wonder what the courts verdct would be if the victim was from a different socio - economic class, say a Blackrock student.

My question about compensation was genuine, because I don't actually know. There is provisions in law about excessive unlawful detention incorporated into our statute in the past 10 - 20 years from European and Human Rights rulings.

But the question remains, a person had his liberty removed from him for a rather long period of time for a crime he was found not guilty of. That is of the upmost seriousness. A persons liberty in this state is a fundamental right.

Everyone can be deemed a flight risk to be fair, I'm reminded of what appears to be a more "blatant" case recently where the same thing was suggested in denial of bail, this was won on appeal. But then again their was expertise and money to back that up. That all said I haven't found anything to suggest he was denied bail, so maybe he didn't apply for it.

The murder charge was as a flimsy as a case I have seen, the Judge should have stepped in and quashed it and put the charge of Manslaughter to the Jury.

The Jury's questions of why key witnesses were not giving evidence was very pertinent and not answered.

It was a complete mess by the prosecution, summed up by the fact that someone cycling a bike doing their job having rocks thrown at them was characterised as "low level" aggression. Room lost at that point I'd say.

Sad case, with absolutely no winners.

Ironically the accused grew up in the slums of Rio but had a very supportive family that kept him out of trouble.

There is a lesson there.

the guy on the moped mostly likely got off scott free, right

Political reasons like a foreign adult killing a 16 year old from what could be deemed a poor socio economic circumstance. Pressure from the family, community, local councillors etc on DPP.. Show trials often happen for political reasons, the state has to be seen to seek justice no matter the cost or likelihood of the outcome. I don't know if it was the case here but it was a relatively high profile case so could understand if the DPP felt compelled to act in some way.

Trials are expensive, people often get killed by someone else and no trial happens. Look at the burden of proof needed for the Sophie Toscan Du Plantier murder.

Yes, it does seem slow here, and ironically I'd suggest that 18 months from incident to murder trial is probably as quick as it ever gets. (e.g, the recent Santini Cawley trial was 3 years after her murder).

Though it's possible that the delays are often on the defence side rather than the prosecution side.

She got Bail, with the High Court judge going out of his way to say

Judge Creedon said the court had to be “mindful of a person’s presumed innocence”. 

You have to extremely mindful of it, removing ones liberty cannot be taken lightly even in the most severe of circumstances.

No, but her passport was taken and she was given extremely strict bail conditions.

TBH, I can't find a report that suggests he was denied bail, so maybe they didn't apply for it like I said previously, that certainly puts a different perspective on things.

Yes, the High Court denied him bail.

Have you citation for that? I have found nothing to suggest he went to the high court to apply for bail.

The barrister that is up on charges for the shooting in Tallaght was also denied bail. He is a dual US / Irish citizen and the judge noted his significant links in the US. Also a country that doesn't extradite it's citizens in all but the narrowest circumstances. Think he appealed it, but I don't know where it went

He very much got bail. Even had it relaxed to take a short trip with his family a couple of weeks ago..