Caught in the crossfire of gangland crime

ELAINE Hyland left her home soon after 9am on December 12, 2006. She was accompanied by her two daughters, aged four and two. The older girl was being dropped to school.

Elaine’s uncle, Marlo, was staying in her home in Scribblestown Park in Finglas. He was asleep in bed when she left. Marlo was living out the final days of a life depraved by crime. He was fearful, and kept a Samurai sword by his bed.

Downstairs, two plumbers had arrived to work on the house. Soon after Elaine departed, one of the plumbers, David Murphy, left in his van to get supplies.