'Crack crazy' shooter opened fired on dad-of-two at door of own home, court hears

A 45-year-old man was fatally shot at his home in Ballymun, Dublin, on 5 October 2018 after answering his patio door. Joseph Richards, with an address at Lanesborough Square in Finglas, Dublin, was originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to conspiring to murder the victim. Detective Sergeant Patrick O'Toole told the court that the deceased had received a Garda Information…