Father of two killed in front of his partner as he lay in bed

GARDAÍ suspect that a father of two who was murdered in front of his girlfriend over the weekend was not the victim of a gangland killing.

Initial indications suggest the brutal shotgun attack may have been the result of a row over an assault on a woman, which the killers are also thought to have carried out.

Michael Scott, 25, was shot in his bed as he lay beside his partner, after two men forced their way into his flat in Ballymun, north Dublin, at 3.15am on Saturday.