Case-subject index
This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.
2025-12-19
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: Lee Canavan (36) was jailed for life by the three-judge, non-jury court in June 2021. Canavan was the fourth man to be jailed in relation to the murder, and his conviction was described by gardaí as "significant".
2025-07-25
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Lee Canavan was convicted and jailed in 2021 for the murder of Daithi Douglas at his shoe shop in Dublin (Photo: Collins) by Fiona Magennis A Dublin man jailed for life for his role in the murder of David 'Daithí' Douglas, who was "executed" at a city centre shoe shop in Dublin nine years ago, has appealed his conviction arguing the court was wrong to find that a "general association" with others linked to the crime was indicative of guilt. Lee Canavan (36) was jailed for life by Special Criminal Court on June 3, 2021.
2023-04-28
Stage: Appeal
Outcome: Lee Canavan (34) of Edenbrook, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, was jailed for life for his part in the joint enterprise or shared intention to murder Mr Douglas.
2021-06-03
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: Credit: Collins) The Special Criminal Court has jailed Dublin man Lee Canavan for life for his role in the murder of David 'Daithí' Douglas, who was "executed" at a city centre shoe shop five years ago. Canavan, a father of a three-year-old girl, was concurrently jailed for five years for the criminal damage to the getaway vehicle, a stolen Suzuki Swift, in Sandymount three days after the shooting.
2021-05-20
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: At the trial, Sean Gillane SC, prosecuting, stressed that the actions of Canavan could not be "divorced" from the actions of Thompson, Brophy and Foley, who have all been jailed in connection with the murder Mr Gillane said that there was "overwhelming evidence" in the case and the only rational conclusion to be drawn was that Mr Douglas' murder had been "meticulously planned".
2021-03-30
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: Lee Canavan could not be "divorced" from the actions of Freddie Thompson, Gareth Brophy and Nathan Foley, who have all been jailed in connection with the murder of Dublin man Mr Douglas.; Mr Justice Michael MacGrath presiding, alongside Judge Sinéad Ní Chúlacháin and Judge Dermot Dempsey, remanded Mr Canavan in custody until May 20, when the court will deliver judgement on the case.
2021-03-29
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
2021-03-19
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
2021-03-04
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
2021-03-03
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
2021-03-02
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
2021-03-01
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Not guilty