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An eyewitness has told the Special Criminal Court how a gunman "smirked" and walked away after firing shots into the shop where Dublin man David Douglas was murdered. The non-jury court also heard that the man accused of the murder was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after he was found travelling at speed in a stolen vehicle which had repeatedly crashed into another car in south Dublin three days after the shooting. Lee Canavan had €1,065 in cash and his clothing smelled of petrol when gardai stopped him and Nathan Foley in Crumlin, in one of the four cars allegedly used in the ki...

Man goes on trial over murder of Daithi Douglas Updated / Monday, 1 Mar 2021 14:39 Daithi Douglas (above) was shot dead at his partner's shop 'Shoestown' in Dublin on 1 July 2016 Crime Correspondent A 32-year-old man has gone on trial for the murder of Daithi Douglas who was shot dead over four and a half years ago in Dublin, as part of the ongoing Hutch-Kinahan feud. Lee Canavan with an address at Edenbrook, Rathfarnham, in Dublin has pleaded not guilty. The Special Criminal Court was told today that it is the prosecution's case that Canavan was the gunman who shot Daithi Douglas si...

The State is alleging that Lee Canavan “literally pulled the trigger” in the crime.

Share this article A man accused of being the gunman in what was described as a "carefully planned assassination" in Dublin has gone on trial accused of murder. 31-year-old Lee Canavan, of no fixed abode, denies killing David ‘Daithi’ Douglas at a shoe shop on Bridgefoot Street in July 2016. At around 4pm on July 1st 2016, David ‘Daithi’ Douglas was leaning up against a counter in his girlfriend’s shoe shop when a gunman walked in. He shot him six times. Mr Douglas’ daughter, who was also working there, rushed to his aid, but he didn’t survive. The prosecuting barrister, Sean Gi...

A MAN who has gone on trial for the murder of David Douglas nearly five years ago was "the person who literally pulled the trigger", the Special Criminal Court has heard. Lee Canavan (31) was this morning arraigned before the non-jury court where he pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mr Douglas at a shop on Bridgefoot Street, Dublin 8, on July 1, 2016. The accused, of no fixed abode, also denies a second charge of criminal damage of a Suzuki Swift car at Strand Road, Sandymount, three days later. This morning barristers on behalf of Mr Canavan also said their client was challenging the juris...