A 32-year-old man has been jailed for life by the Special Criminal Court for his role in the murder of David 'Daithí' Douglas in Dublin five years ago.
In passing judgment last month, the three-judge court ruled that Lee Canavan was part of a joint enterprise or shared intention to murder Mr Douglas, in what was described as a "meticulously planned execution".
However, the non-jury court did not agree with the State's contention that Canavan was "the person who literally pulled the trigger", owing to a lack of forensic or identification evidence.
Canavan, with an address at Edenbrook, Rathfarnham, in Dublin, had pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Douglas on 1 July 2016.
Mr Douglas, 55, was shot six times in his partner's shop, Shoestown, in Dublin city centre.
The semi-automatic pistol used in the murder had its serial number removed and was left at the scene, the court heard.
In passing sentence this morning, Mr Justice Michael MacGrath said that the mandatory life imprisonment term would apply and that he had sympathy for the Douglas family, who declined to give a witness impact statement.
Canavan was also concurrently jailed for five years for criminal damage to the getaway vehicle used in the murder.
Both sentences were backdated to May 2020 when Canavan was taken into custody after a European Arrest Warrant was executed in the UK.
