Man found guilty of postmaster's murder

A Chinese national has been found guilty of murdering a Kilkenny postmaster who he shot in the stomach after a post office robbery that netted him more than €13,000.

Shu Shen, formerly of The Old Rectory, New Ross, Co Wexford was found guilty of murdering Alan Cunniffe, 32 by a jury of six men and six women in the Central Criminal Court at Dublin this morning.