Two accused of murder of David Douglas to face non-jury trial

Two men have been returned for trial to the non-jury Special Criminal Court charged with the murder of David ‘Daithi’ Douglas last year.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has held that they are to face trial in the non-jury court because “the ordinary courts are inadequate for effective administration of justice” in this case.

Douglas, 55, from Killala Road, in Cabra in north Dublin was fatally wounded in a shooting outside his wife’s shop on Bridgefoot Street in Dublin on afternoon of July 1 last.