It has taken over four years to investigate, charge, convict and sentence a number of young people in connection with the death of Christopher Meli.
It was a process with several false starts.
But it is an indictment of Northern Ireland's criminal justice process that it has taken until January 2020 to conclude as case which began in December 2015 when Mr Meli died from injuries sustained during an assault.
While those convicted of various offences linked to the mass brawl, described in court as a "chaotic series of assaults between two groups of young people", can now all be named, it wasn't always the case.
In the time that has passed since the 20-year-old lost his life a number have transitioned from adolescence to adulthood.
The case, while complicated in nature, did not warrant four years of court time and symbolises the systemic failures in a justice system which runs at a grindingly slow pace.
For comparison take the case of murdered teenager Ana Kríegel in the Republic, a complicated prosecution involving two minors who entered not guilty pleas, with numerous witnesses including forensic and child psychology experts.
Ana was murdered in May 2018, the trial began in April 2019, a court found Boy A and Boy B guilty in June 2019 and they were sentenced by November 2019.
One year and six months from start to finish for a murder trial is unheard of on this side of the border.
Recommendations to speed up the system include removing the preliminary inquiry stage of the process and sending more serious crimes straight to the Crown Court, as is already the case in England and Wales.
Dragging grieving families through such a lengthy and cumbersome process is further adding to their trauma and damages public confidence in the justice system.
Keeping defendants on remand or bail for years on end awaiting trial is also arguably an abuse of the process.
This is not to mention the considerable and avoidable cost to the public purse with lengthy delays and endless pre trial hearings.
The justice system needs a huge overhaul, something that now falls to Justice Minister Naomi Long.
As it stands the legal maxim "Justice delayed is justice denied" could have been written with Northern Ireland's courts in mind.
