Limerick criminal's autopsy found he had severe heart disease and took cocaine just before he died

David 'Frog Eyes' Stanners was one of five people given life sentences for the murder of rival gang boss, Kieran Keane, on January 29, 2003

Natalie Stanners (pictured), sister of the late David Stanners, gave evidence of formally identifying her brother’s body to gardaí at Dublin City Mortuary in Whitehall. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins, Dublin.

A post mortem examination of the body of an infamous Limerick gangland figure who died in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin two years ago, revealed he had severe heart disease and had taken cocaine shortly before his death.

A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard David Stanners (aged 51), formerly of Delmege Park, Moyross, Limerick, was found unresponsive in his cell on the prison’s D3 landing just before midnight on October 25, 2023.