Wicklow man handed four-year sentence

A Wicklow resident, who twice shot at an empty parked car outside a house because he had "a grudge" against the homeowner for killing his friend, has been jailed for four years.

Dean Byrne (aged 22), who was jailed for seven and half years at the Special Criminal Court earlier this month for gun possession, told gardaí that he had only meant to frighten Timothy Kavanagh because "he had been walking around after the murder" of Yohan Verhoeven.