Ireland Named in reporting
Josip Štrok
Born 1993, from the ages reported. 35 reports across 1 case, 30 Mar 2024 to 24 Nov 2025
Victim: Josip Štrok, Croatian man, 31Josip ŠtrokVictim: Jozip Strok, Croatian man, 31Jozip Strok
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Born
- 1993, from the ages reported
- Nationality
- Croatian, as stated in a report
- Offences
- Murder, Assault causing harm
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 35 reports, 30 Mar 2024 to 24 Nov 2025
- Outlets
- thejournal.ie, dublinlive.ie, irishtimes.com, irishmirror.ie, rte.ie, gript.ie, garda.ie, kildarenow.com
Photographs
as published, with the outlet's credit
Josip Strok was remembered by his mother as 'always warm, smiling... and deeply loving'.
Photocredit not given by the outletvia irishtimes.com, 17 Nov 2025
Josip Strok.
Photocredit not given by the outletvia irishmirror.ie, 17 Nov 2025
Josip Strok died in hospital following an assault in Clondalkin on 30 March 2024
Photocredit not given by the outletvia rte.ie, 17 Nov 2025
Josip Strok
Photocredit not given by the outletvia dublinlive.ie, 6 Jun 2024Images are shown from the outlet that published them and link back to the article. Copyright stays with the credited photographer or agency.
Cases
latest first- Two men sentenced to life for Clondalkin murder Murder · Co. Dublin
On 30 March 2024, Croatian man Josip Strok, 31, and his friend David Družinec, 29, were assaulted by a group of men outside a residential premises in Grange View Way, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, after an alleged altercation with a 17-year-old boy at a bus stop. Strok suffered catastrophic head injuries and died in Tallaght Hospital on 3 April 2024. Three men were arrested in April 2024 and a fourth, Mark Lee, 44, was arrested in June 2024; Connor Rafferty, 21, and Anthony Delappe, 19, were charged with murder and assault causing harm, and Lee was charged with murder. In October 2025, a jury at the Central Criminal Court found Lee and Delappe guilty of murder by an 11-to-1 majority verdict and acquitted Rafferty. On 17 November 2025, Lee and Delappe were sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, and on 24 November 2025 Rafferty received a fully suspended four-year sentence for assault causing harm to Družinec.
Sentenced, 17 Nov 2025Victim · 35 reports
Timeline
every report naming Josip Štrok, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 24 Nov2025Man given suspended sentence for assault at scene of Josip Strok murdervictim, Josip Strok, 31Josip Strok
- 17 Nov2025Two men jailed after acting on ‘weakest of hearsay’ in ‘brutal’ murder of Croatian manvictim, Josip Strok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 17 Nov2025Two men sentenced to life in prison for 'brutal' Dublin murder of Josip Strokvictim, Josip Strok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 17 Nov2025Self-proclaimed ‘racist’ and second man jailed for life for murdering Croatian manvictim, Josip Strok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 17 Nov2025Two men sentenced to life in prison for 'brutal' Dublin murdervictim, Josip Strok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 17 Nov2025Two men sentenced to life for murder of Croatian manvictim, Josip Strok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 31 Oct2025Pair found guilty of murder of Croatian national on Dublin streetvictim, Josip Strok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 30 Oct2025Two men found guilty of murdering Croatian Josip Strok on Dublin streetvictim, Josip Strok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 30 Oct2025Two men found guilty of murder of Croatian man Josip Strok in Clondalkinvictim, Josip Strok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 30 Oct2025Two men found guilty of murder of Croatian man in Dublinvictim, Josip Strok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 17 Oct2025Jury shown hard plastic handle found near scene where Croatian man Jozip Strok was killed in Dublinvictim, Jozip Strok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJozip Strok
- 16 Oct2025Josip Strok: Fatal assault was “cowardly and grotesque” - Griptvictim, Josip Strok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 14 Oct2025'Foreign c**t' comment relevant in trial for alleged murder of Croatian nationalvictim, Josip Strok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 23 Oct2024Third man sent for trial over murder of Croatian man in Co Dublinvictim, Josip Štrok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Štrok
- 6 Aug2024Josip Štrok: Man charged with the murder of Croatian man in Clondalkin bailedvictim, Josip Štrok, 31, Croatian, non-irishJosip Štrok
- 7 Jun2024Man appears in court charged with murder of Croatian carpenter in Clondalkinvictim, Josip Štrok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Štrok
- 7 Jun2024Josip Štrok: Man charged in relation to the murder of a Croatian man in Clondalkinvictim, Josip Štrok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Štrok
- 7 Jun2024Man charged with murder of Josip Štrok remanded in custodyvictim, Josip Štrok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Štrok
- 7 Jun2024Third man charged in relation to Clondalkin murder of Josip Strokvictim, Josip Strok, 31, male, non-irish (judged from name)Josip Strok
- 6 Jun2024Fourth man arrested in relation to murder of Croatian Josip Štrok in west Dublinvictim, Josip Štrok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Štrok
- 6 Jun2024Fourth man arrested in relation to murder of Josip Strok in Clondalkinvictim, Josip Strok, 31, maleJosip Strok
- 1 Jun2024Update (3) - Serious Assault, Grange View Way, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, March 30th, 2024victim, Josip Strok, non-irish (judged from name)Josip Strok
- 30 Apr2024UPDATE: Fundraiser launched for Croatian man left with brain bleed after friend killed in Dublin assaultvictim, Josip Štrok, 31, male, non-irish (judged from name)Josip Štrok
- 29 Apr2024Fundraiser set up for man injured in Dublin attack after his friend was brutally murderedvictim, Josip Štrok, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Štrok
- 26 Apr2024Two teens charged with the murder of Croatian man in Dublin - Griptvictim, Josip Strok, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 26 Apr2024Two teenagers appear in court charged with murder of Croatian man in Clondalkinvictim, Josip Štrok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Štrok
- 26 Apr2024Two teenagers charged with murder of Josip Strok in Clondalkinvictim, Josip Štrok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Štrok
- 25 Apr2024Three men arrested over murder of Croatian man in Dublinvictim, Josip Strok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 25 Apr2024Three men arrested in investigation into brutal murder of Josip Strokvictim, Josip Strok, 31, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 25 Apr2024Three men arrested in relation to murder of Josip Strok in Clondalkinvictim, Josip Strok, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 25 Apr2024Three arrested over murder of Croatian man in Dublinvictim, Josip Strok, 30s, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 4 Apr2024Clondalkin assault victim named as friends remember 'lovely man and hard worker'victim, Josip Strok, 30s, male, Croatian, non-irishJosip Strok
- 4 Apr2024Victim of fatal attack in west Dublin is named by gardaívictim, Josip Strok, 31, maleJosip Strok
- 30 Mar2024Arrests - Serious Assault, Grange View Way, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, 30th March 2024.victim, Josip Strok, non-irish (judged from name)Josip Strok
- 30 Mar2024Court Appearance - Serious Assault, Grange View Way, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, March 30th, 2024victim, Josip Strok, non-irish (judged from name)Josip Strok
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