Life sentence for man who shot gangland figure dead

A Dublin man was jailed for life by the Special Criminal Court yesterday for the murder of veteran criminal Eamon Kelly two years ago.

Sean Connolly, aged 35, of Bernard Curtis House, Bluebell, Dublin, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to the murder of Kelly at Furry Park Rd, Killester, on December 4, 2012.

The court heard Connolly was arrested a short time after he shot Kelly, 65, four times in the back as he returned home from a betting shop in Killester.