Corkman who shot woman in neck loses Supreme Court appeal against convictions

Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard Gavin Sheehan had assaulted the woman's boyfriend earlier in the evening before the shooting

Gavin Sheehan was sentenced to an effective 11-year prison term in 2017 after he was convicted of assault causing serious harm to Ciara Sheehan and of three firearms offences. File photo: Dan Linehan

A man who fired a handgun through the window of a house in Cork city and hit a young woman in the neck, causing her life-threatening injuries, has lost his Supreme Court appeal against his convictions.

Gavin Sheehan, a father of one aged in his 30s, of Laurel Ridge, Shanakiel, Cork, was sentenced to an effective 11-year prison term in 2017 after he was convicted of assault causing serious harm to Ciara Sheehan [no relation] and of three firearms offences at Laurel Ridge, Shanakiel, on May 15, 2016.