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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 who was shot twice in the incident, was the main prosecution witness. | |
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. |
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