2022-04-26
'Danger to society' gets 15 years for 'obliterating' neighbour's life in gun murder bid
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Photo: Collins) A "danger to society" who led a campaign of abuse against his neighbour before leaving her permanently paralysed in an attempted gun murder that "obliterated" her life has been jailed for 15 years. Dean McCarthy, who is Ms Connolly's neighbour, with an address at Bernard Curtis House, Bluebell Road, Dublin 12 appeared in court today to be sentenced, having pleaded guilty last January to her attempted murder on March 6, 2021.