Mark Lee (44), a then unemployed man, had earlier that day posted on social media: “I’m not homophobic myself, but I am racist and I’m not afraid to say it. The Government made me like that.”Unlike the two men who murdered Josip Strok, the deceased and his friend were working, the judge said, and offered more to Irish society
Mark Lee and Anthony Delappe
Two men have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the “brutal” murder of a “good friend, amazing brother and super son” who was taking his last step towards fulfilling his life when he was beaten to death on a Dublin street.
Passing sentence today, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring said that one of the defendants, Mark Lee (44), murdered Josip Strok (31) while acting on weak hearsay evidence from two youths that the deceased and his friend, David Druzinec (29), had assaulted a child.