Drug dealer stabbed by man who then accidentally killed his own mum in brawl outside pub
12.05.2023 - 22:39
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A drug dealer glassed a man who accidentally fatally stabbed his own mum as she tried to stop the violence outside a pub.
Brian Flynn launched a pint glass at Jamie Dempsey's head in the Brambles pub, in Kirkby, over an unpaid drug debt. However, Dempsey then went on to stab Flynn outside, but also fatally knifed his 55-year-old mother Karen Dempsey in the heart as she intervened.
Flynn appeared before Liverpool Crown Court on Friday (May 12) to be sentenced for his part in the tragic incident. Dempsey was previously cleared of murder by a jury but was found guilty of manslaughter and jailed for 19 years, the ECHO reports.
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A court heard that the mum and son had made arrangements to meet for a drink in the pub on the evening of August 22, 2022. Neil Bisarya, prosecuting, described how 32-year-old Dempsey - of Brechin Road, in Kirkby - had raised concerns about potentially seeing Flynn there due to previous animosity between the two in the area.
Jurors heard during his trial that 39-year-old Flynn, of Dagnall Road, 'was cross with him because he had run up an unpaid drug debt of some £2,000'.
Messages Dempsey had sent to his mother from his girlfriend's phone beforehand described him as a 'd***head' who had 'dropped him outside the Tavern', although he said he was not 'a***d about it'.
CCTV footage from inside the bar showed Ms Dempsey sat with friends from around 7.30pm on the night in question. Flynn meanwhile was situated at a table nearby, unbeknown to her.
Dempsey and his partner Sarah Van Maren entered around 10 minutes later and joined her but, 'moments later', Ms Dempsey went into the foyer to call a taxi - he having apparently spotted the