Named in reporting
Mark Lee
Born between November 1980 and June 1981, from the ages reported. 18 reports across 1 case, 7 Jun 2024 to 24 Nov 2025
Other people with this name: born 1990 (1 case)
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused, suspect
- Born
- Between November 1980 and June 1981, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Murder, Assault causing harm
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 18 reports, 7 Jun 2024 to 24 Nov 2025
- Outlets
- thejournal.ie, dublinlive.ie, irishtimes.com, irishmirror.ie, rte.ie, gript.ie
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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 2025Convicted, accused, suspect · 18 reports
Timeline
every report naming Mark Lee, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 24 Nov2025Man given suspended sentence for assault at scene of Josip Strok murderconvicted, Mark Lee, 44, named, irish (judged from name)Mark Lee
- 17 Nov2025Two men jailed after acting on ‘weakest of hearsay’ in ‘brutal’ murder of Croatian manconvicted, Mark Lee, 44, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark Lee
- 17 Nov2025Two men sentenced to life in prison for 'brutal' Dublin murder of Josip Strokconvicted, Mark Lee, 44, male, namedMark Lee
- 17 Nov2025Self-proclaimed ‘racist’ and second man jailed for life for murdering Croatian manconvicted, Mark Lee, 44, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark Lee
- 17 Nov2025Two men sentenced to life in prison for 'brutal' Dublin murderconvicted, Mark Lee, 44, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark Lee
- 17 Nov2025Two men sentenced to life for murder of Croatian manconvicted, Mark Lee, 44, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark Lee
- 31 Oct2025Pair found guilty of murder of Croatian national on Dublin streetconvicted, Mark Lee, 44, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark Lee
- 30 Oct2025Two men found guilty of murdering Croatian Josip Strok on Dublin streetconvicted, Mark Lee, 44, male, namedMark Lee
- 30 Oct2025Two men found guilty of murder of Croatian man Josip Strok in Clondalkinconvicted, Mark Lee, 44, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark Lee
- 30 Oct2025Two men found guilty of murder of Croatian man in Dublinconvicted, Mark Lee, 44, named, irish (judged from name)Mark Lee
- 17 Oct2025Jury shown hard plastic handle found near scene where Croatian man Jozip Strok was killed in Dublinaccused, Mark Lee, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark Lee
- 16 Oct2025Josip Strok: Fatal assault was “cowardly and grotesque” - Griptaccused, Mark Lee, 44, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark Lee
- 14 Oct2025'Foreign c**t' comment relevant in trial for alleged murder of Croatian nationalaccused, Mark Lee, 44, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark Lee
- 23 Oct2024Third man sent for trial over murder of Croatian man in Co Dublinaccused, Mark Lee, 43, male, namedMark Lee
- 6 Aug2024Josip Štrok: Man charged with the murder of Croatian man in Clondalkin bailedaccused, Mark Lee, 43, male, namedMark Lee
- 7 Jun2024Man appears in court charged with murder of Croatian carpenter in Clondalkinsuspect, Mark Lee, 43, male, namedMark Lee
- 7 Jun2024Josip Štrok: Man charged in relation to the murder of a Croatian man in Clondalkinaccused, Mark Lee, 43, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark Lee
- 7 Jun2024Man charged with murder of Josip Štrok remanded in custodyaccused, Mark Lee, 43, male, named, irish (judged from name)Mark Lee
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