‘Nothing will bring Eddie back to us’

A Dublin man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for what was described today as the “brutal murder” of his uncle in 2013.

David Cully, aged 24, had admitted killing Edward O’Connor but denied murdering him. The Central Criminal Court heard the 41-year-old died of two gunshot wounds to his back.

The jury spent more than eight hours over three days deliberating before returning a unanimous verdict of guilty of murder.