Brothers’ night of drunken violence ended in murder
HANGED AT BARLINNIE... PAUL CHRISTOPHER HARRIS
ing Francis Murray, another resident of Neptune Street.
The charge stated that they struck Murray on the face and body with their fists. It also stated that they kicked him on the body with their feet to his severe injury.
The victims continued and another casualty of their boozing was Richard Doyle, of Rafford Street. This assault also appeared on a separate assault charge. They were accused of striking him on the face with a bottle to the effusion of blood and to his severe injury during a fight.
The final charge which ultimately led to the younger Harris brother’s death was concerning the murder victim Mr Dunleavy. They were accused of assaulting him by striking him on the face with a bottle whereby he received injuries which resulted in his death and they did murder him.
The men were arrested at 3.16am, a few hours after Mr Dunleavy had died at the Southern General hospital.
During that court appearance, which lasted two minutes, Drennan appeared in the dock without a jacket or shoes, perhaps a sign of the chaos which unfolded the night before.
A further assault charge, which took place the same night, was mentioned in a later court appearance – which this time included the other accused brother Claude.
As the boozing fight gang’s case came to an end, the jury were