Christopher McDonald jailed for 2015 murder in Clonsilla

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Christopher McDonald was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 10 July 2017. He was convicted of killing Keith Walker in the car park of the Blanchardstown Pigeon Racing Club on Shelerin Road, Clonsilla, on 12 June 2015.

McDonald was found guilty by a unanimous jury verdict after pleading not guilty. The prosecution said he had been dressed in women’s clothing and used a sub-machine gun; forensic evidence linked his DNA to a wig and glove found beside the weapon.