David "Daithí" Douglas, an Irish zookeeper turned criminal, was shot dead on 1 July 2016.
[2] In 1983 Douglas received a sentence of twelve years at the Special Criminal Court for shooting with intent to kill a Garda during an armed robbery at an Allied Irish Banks sub-branch at Wang Laboratories in Castletroy, Limerick in 1982.
[4] Douglas was released from prison in the mid 1990s, resumed his criminal activities, and became increasingly involved in illegal drug trafficking.
[1] A senior member of the Kinahan gang survived an assassination attempt in November 2015 at a pub in West Dublin.
[4] The Kinahan gang blamed Douglas and an associate of his, Darren Kearns, who had convictions for drug dealing.
[4] Kearns was shot dead at the end of December 2015, with Gardaí believing that his death was the work of the Kinahan gang and that it was feud-related.
[4] Gardaí concluded that David Douglas was in a pub in the north inner city at the time of the attempted assassination and was not directly involved.
[2] Justice Hunt said that any innocent explanation of the various threads of evidence required “an excessive reliance on unlucky coincidence”.
[2] Superintendent Paul Cleary said outside that the Douglas family was satisfied with the verdict and that the investigation is ongoing.
[citation needed] Nathan Foley of Rosary Road, Maryland, Dublin, admitted assisting the killers of Daithi Douglas and was sentenced to six years in prison in January 2019.
[14] Canavan, from Edenbrook in Rathfarnham was also found guilty of a second charge of criminal damage to a Suzuki Swift at Strand Road, Sandymount on 4 July 2016.