Murdered drug dealer’s brother survives gun attack

THE brother of a drug dealer shot dead in a gangland hit in May 2009 escaped with his life yesterday after a gunman fired up to 10 shots at him.

James Clarke, a brother of murdered BJ Clarke, managed to run from his attacker before being shot in his leg.

The victim was chatting with another man outside a house on Adare Road, Coolock, north Dublin, at 1.30am, when the shooting happened. A party was going on in the house at the time.