A murder trial has heard evidence from a neuropathologist that the deceased suffered an acute brain stem injury which he was unlikely to survive.

The trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering his friend has heard he only meant to shoot him in the arms and thought he would run.

A MAN serving a 12-year sentence for the attempted murder of his friend, who has since died, is now on trial for his murder.

The murder trial of a Dublin man accused of shooting his friend in the head has heard that he told gardaí: "It was him or me."

The jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering his friend with a shotgun has been discharged.

A Dublin man is to go on trial having pleaded "not guilty" to the murder of his friend two and a half years ago.

A MAN serving a 12-year sentence for attempted murder has received a consecutive jail term for his role in a Mountjoy Prison riot that left staff injured and caused €142,000 damage to a recreation area.

GARDAÍ yesterday said the 12-year sentence handed down to Jonathan Dunne for the attempted murder of Ian Kenny was “fair enough”.

A Dublin man who shot his friend with both barrels of a sawn off shotgun and then threw him from his car was jailed for 12 years today.

A Dublin man shot his friend with a sawn off shotgun outside a southside suburban shopping centre and then threw him from his car as a favour for drugs dealers, a court heard today.