Murderer gets 12-year term for firearms offences

A man already serving life imprisonment for the murder of his best friend in Co Kildare last year has been sentenced to 12 years at the Central Criminal Court for firearmsoffences.

Darren Wynne, aged 21, of Ballyroe, Athy, Co Kildare, was convicted by a jury in July of murdering Jamie Lindsay, aged 20, at Coney Green, Coneyboro, Athy, on April 6, 2013, and is serving a life term.

The court heard that Mr Lindsay was shot in the right eye at almost point blank range at the Coneyboro Estate.