'Danger to society' who left neighbour permanently paralysed jailed for 15 years

Dean McCarthy repeatedly shot his neighbour while her eight-year-old daughter hid under the kitchen table

McCarthy was sentenced to 16 years in prison with the final year suspended for a period of two years. File photo

A "danger to society" who led a campaign of abuse against his neighbour before leaving her permanently paralysed in an attempted gun murder that "obliterated" her life has been jailed for 15 years.

The Central Criminal Court has heard that Dean McCarthy (33) "burst into" Sinead Connolly's (34) home with a gun "in a rush of adrenaline" and repeatedly shot his neighbour - someone he has known since childhood - while her eight-year-old daughter hid under the kitchen table.