Court jails man for life for dissident republican murder

A Northern Ireland man was jailed for life by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today for the dissident republican murder of a man shot dead in a church car park in Co. Donegal almost four years ago.

A Northern Ireland man was jailed for life by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today for the dissident republican murder of a man shot dead in a church car park in Co. Donegal almost four years ago.

Martin Kelly had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mr Andrew Burns who was shot twice in the back by a gunman linked to the dissident republican group, Oglaigh na hEireann.

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