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Man guilty of Bog Meadows murder Man guilty of Bog Meadows murder
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A man has been jailed for life at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin for a murder in west Belfast in March 2007.A man has been jailed for life at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin for a murder in west Belfast in March 2007.
Gerard Mackin was found guilty of shooting taxi driver Edward Burns and the attempted murder of Damien O'Neill at Bog Meadows off the Falls Road.Gerard Mackin was found guilty of shooting taxi driver Edward Burns and the attempted murder of Damien O'Neill at Bog Meadows off the Falls Road.
Mr O'Neill - shot twice in the incident - was the main prosecution witness. Mr O'Neill who was shot twice in the incident, was the main prosecution witness.
Mackin, 26, originally from the Whiterock area of west Belfast, fled to Dublin after the killing and opted for trial here. Mackin, 26, originally from west Belfast, fled to Dublin after the killing and opted for trial there.
He was tried under the Criminal Law Jurisdiction Act, which allows people to be charged in the Republic with crimes committed in Northern Ireland.He was tried under the Criminal Law Jurisdiction Act, which allows people to be charged in the Republic with crimes committed in Northern Ireland.
Mr Burns was 36 and the father of five children.Mr Burns was 36 and the father of five children.