Belfast taxi driver 'died from close-range gunshot'

A Belfast man died from a single gunshot wound to the head fired at close range, a murder trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin heard today.

Belfast taxi driver 'died from close-range gunshot'

A Belfast man died from a single gunshot wound to the head fired at close range, a murder trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin heard today.

The court heard that taxi driver Mr Edward Burns, a 36-year-old father of five, died from the single shot fired at close range about 15 centimetres from him.

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