Father shot at daughter’s boyfriend after family row

A LIMERICK man drew a Glock semi-automatic handgun and shot his daughter’s boyfriend in a row between members of the two families, a court has been told by a prosecution lawyer.

Anthony Kelly, aged 50, of 121 O’Malley Park, Southill, has pleaded not guilty at Limerick Circuit Court to possessing a Glock pistol with intent to endanger life at South ill on October 28, 2009.

Opening the case, John O’Sullivan, for the DPP, said Kelly’s daughter, Jessica Kelly, was in a relationship with Michael Lynch, who Kelly is alleged to have shot and wounded on the night of October 27/28, 2009.