Four men will be sentenced later this year for their roles in a violent incident in Dublin City Centre last year in which another man died.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard fights broke out on South Anne Street in the early hours of February 15th, 2025.

The violence spilled onto Duke Lane and later onto Dawson Street and a number of victims were punched, kicked, knocked unconscious and suffered bruising.

Eight men had been due to be sentenced on Tuesday for their roles in the incident. However, four of the cases were adjourned to April following defence applications.

John Berry SC, prosecuting, told the court that Quham Babatunde, a 34-year-old Nigerian man, died that night, but not as a result of an assault perpetrated by any of the accused men in this case.

It is alleged that a ninth man fatally

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