Bullet narrowly missed partner and baby, court told

On looking out his front bedroom window, the father of a young Limerick family saw a gunman open fire at him from the garden, resulting in a bullet hitting a wardrobe near to where his partner and their eight-month-old baby were in the room, a court heard.

Anthony O’Donovan, aged 27, of Aherlow Close, Old Cratloe Rd, Limerick, pleaded not guilty at Limerick Circuit Court of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.

Mark Troy, aged 40, told a jury that on September 28, 2013, he was asleep at the family home at Clonnard, Westbury. His partner and four children were in the house. He was awoken at around 4am by a loud bang and thought it was a child’s intercom or laptop.