Man given community service after contract shot

A man who fired a sawn-off shot gun at a Nigerian man he was hired to klll for a IR£15,000 fee has been given 100 hours community service by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

John Byrne (aged 21) with a previous address at O’Hogan Road, Ballyfermot, had agreed to carry out the shooting after another man offered him the £15,000 fee to kill Mr Ben Streetly.