Murder conviction for escalated punishment shooting upheld

A man convicted of murder in connection with a fatal shooting in County Donegal has had his conviction upheld by the Court of Appeal. Martin Kelly, aged 42, from Strabane, County Tyrone, was found guilty of the murder of Andrew Burns at Donnyloop, Castlefin on 12 February 2008. The non-jury Special Criminal Court imposed a mandatory life sentence in January 2012. Mr Burns was shot twice in the back in a church car…