Cork man reveals he was garda informer as he is jailed for gun attack on young woman

An eleven-year sentence has been imposed on a garda informer who shot a woman in the neck through the window of a house as it emerged that CCTV at the accused man’s own home was the key evidence convicting him, writes Liam Heylin of the Irish Examiner.

The accused, Gavin Sheehan, chose his sentencing hearing today as the moment to reveal that he had been - for a period of two years - a garda informer tipping them off about drug dealers, gun dealers and criminals in general.