Killer-rapist is cleared of gun attack on drug dealer

A convicted killer and rapist, who strangled a Cork beautician, has been cleared of a gun attack in Limerick.

After a five-day trial, a jury at Limerick Circuit Court gave a unanimous not-guilty verdict regarding Ian Horgan, 30, originally from Inishmore Square, Ballincollig, and with an address at 68 Lenihan Avenue, Prospect in Limerick, who denied the unlawful possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life at Prospect on December 13, 2013.

The case arose out of a gun attack on Seán Finnan, then aged 26, a convicted drug dealer who was shot and wounded as he stood outside a house he shared with his then partner, Leanne Casey.