Firebomb victims’ stepfather killed in Southill shooting

THE part-time security man murdered in Limerick early yesterday was the stepfather of the Murray children Millie and Gavin who were badly burned in a fire-bomb attack in Moyross last September.

Noel Crawford was killed in what gardaí believe was a case of mistaken identity outside his mother’s home in Southill as he celebrated his 40th birthday.

Sheila Murray, the mother of Millie, six, and Gavin, four, confirmed last night that she had a relationship with the dead man more than 18 years ago. She and Noel Crawford had two children Celine, 17, and Noelle, 15.