Recovered guns may hold key to latest gang murder

Forensic tests will continue today on two guns linked to the murder of the violent criminal Mark Desmond.

Recovered guns may hold key to latest gang murder

Desmond, 41, who was also known as ‘The Guinea Pig’, was found shot dead in a public park in Lucan, west Dublin on Friday night.

The Dubliner, who had also spent time in England and the west of Ireland, was involved in the drugs trade and also acted as enforcer for some major dealers. He was suspected of at least four murders.

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