Overview
- The 35-year-old Lithuanian national was convicted of murdering his 49-year-old friend, Juris Kokenbergs, after a drunken row at Old Bridge Park in Lucan in October 2024.
- Cypas admitted repeatedly punching Kokenbergs after lewd sexual remarks about his mother, while claiming he acted in self-defence and lacked intent to kill.
- Prosecutors argued the victim was so intoxicated he could barely sit or walk and characterized the assault as an appalling volley of violence that included alleged head stamping.
- Evidence included bloodstains matching the victim on Cypas’s runner and expert testimony that punching alone could have caused the fatal brain injuries.
- Mr Justice Paul McDermott remanded Cypas for victim impact statements before sentencing on March 23, when the mandatory life term for murder is due to be handed down.