Shay O'Byrne was shot dead in a gun attack in Tallaght. His girlfriend suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. His murder is being linked to an ongoing bloody feud between some of Dublin's major criminal gangs based in the Crumlin and Drimnagh areas.Four people arrested over the gangland killing of a leading Dublin criminal have been released.The four - a 16-year-old girl and three men - were detained at Terenure, Tallaght and Rathfarnham garda stations. Gardai said they have been released and files are being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
William (Billy) Bowden pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg courtroom today to carrying a firearm in a careless manner in January 2007
William (Billy) Bowden, 33, pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg courtroom today to carrying a firearm in a careless manner in January 2007 and skipping out on his preliminary hearing about a year later. Other drug and weapons charges related to the 2007 incident were stayed as part of a plea bargain securing the two convictions. Bowden remains in custody though, charged with manslaughter in relation to the November 2007 killing of Jeff Engen, who was fatally stabbed at the Empire Cabaret, prompting the club to close. That charge remains before the courts. Bowden has been in custody since he was arrested Feb. 14 in Whistler, B.C., and returned to Manitoba. The Crown and defence jointly recommended that time be noted in his sentence for carrying the firearm. That crime occurred around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2007, as Bowden was leaving the NV lounge in a truck with friend Ken Houston, court heard. Police discovered a Glock 9mm handgun loaded with 18 bullets in a pile of garbage close to where the...
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