A professional martial arts instructor who killed an innocent passerby with a single punch on a night out in Dublin has been jailed for five and a half years.
Jonathan Dargan of Belfry Manor, Citywest, Dublin was found guilty of killing Patrick Mullally on Harold’s Cross Road in March 2016.
Patrick Mullally had been out celebrating his retirement on March 6th 2016.
In the early hours, he and a friend intervened in what was described as a drunken row between Jonathan Dargan and his girlfriend.
The judge described his intervention as “the honourable thing to do”.
The Taekwondo instructor, who used to work as a doorman in a Dublin city nightclub, began swinging punches.
Mr Mullally tried to defend himself, but at least one punch connected and he hit the ground. He died in hospital the following day.
