By Biodun Busari
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has jailed two nightclub-goers who separately took part in the murder of a Nigerian man, Quham Babatunde, on South Anne Street in the Irish capital city on February 15, 2025.
Judge Orla Crowe sentenced Rory Carr, 22, and Bruno Tache, 21, to three years and six months on Tuesday after they pleaded guilty to violent disorder.
Diaspora Tales reported that Babatunde was assaulted after fights broke out at the nightclub and he was stabbed by another man.
According to an Irish digital news platform, BreakingNews.ie, the man has since been charged with murder and is before the courts in Northern Ireland.
The violence spread into Duke Lane and later onto Dawson Street and a number of victims were assaulted and suffered bruising.
Prosecution counsel, John Berry, previously told the court that Babatunde, a 34-year-old Nigerian man, died that night, but not as a direct assault perpetrated by either of the defendants in this case.
Diaspora Tales gathered that Carr, a resident of Ard Na Greine, Seapoint Lane, Balbriggan, pleaded guilty to three counts of assault causing harm to Babatunde, Adetola Adetuilehim and a third man.
The court heard that Carr punched Babatunde eight times on South Anne Street after he had been fatally injured.
The Nigerian was still standing at this point but later fell to the ground.
Also, Detective Superintendent Katharina Joyce told the court that Tache kicked Babatunde in the head while he lay lifeless on the ground.
Tache, who lived in Trimleston, Balbriggan, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to the 34-year-old deceased and another man.
He further pleaded guilty to violent disorder.
In her ruling, Judge Crowe noted that while Carr and Tache were involved in the incident, others “had more central roles in relation to injuries inflicted.”
The judge noted that Carr played a major part in the brawl, adding that the proof was that not all of the eight punches he directed at Babatunde connected.
She also said Tache had an active role and was involved in violence at all three locations.
