A Dublin man had to be restrained by gardaí after he was convicted by a jury of the murder of Ian McConnell, who was shot at close range in the back of the head at a Ballymun tower block in December 2005.

A witness giving evidence in the trial of a Dublin man accused of shooting a man at close range in the back of the head has told a Central Criminal Court jury that he met the accused on the morning of the murder.

A Dublin man accused of murdering another man by shooting him at close range in the back of the head denied carrying out the killing and told gardaí his sole purpose in the crime was to take away the gun.

A Dublin man accused of murdering another man by shooting him at close range in the back of the head told gardai there was a “mad feud” going on in Ballymun but denied he had carried out the killing.