Man guilty of gun death awaits sentencing

A DUBLIN man who fled to Turkey after accidentally shooting dead a father of two during a confrontation sparked by a fight at a christening is to be sentenced at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin tomorrow.

Robert Egan told gardaí that he “did not mean to shoot dead” Wayne Doherty but meant to shoot another man, Bobby Hughes, in the legs.

Mr Doherty, aged 32, a bread delivery man, was shot outside his parents’ home after he attempted to stop a dispute involving his friends and a group of men late on the night of July 4, 2009.