Man recalls being shot on his way to a party

LIMERICK man recalled being blasted by a sawn-off shotgun as he walked to a late night house party with a friend who was wearing a bulletproof vest.

Ian Brennan, 21, of Westbury, Corbally, told Limerick Circuit Court: “I thought I was going to die. I thought it was all over and I could feel the blood coming out of me. I was just hoping to God I would come through it.”

Liam “Baby” Kelly, 21, of Distillery Avenue, Thomondgate, pleaded not guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life at St Mary’s Park on September 23, 2007.