A gunman who was dressed in drag when he fired 18 bullets from a sub-machine gun into his innocent victim at a Dublin pigeon club, must wait to hear whether the Court of Appeal will overturn his murder conviction.
Christopher McDonald’s lawyers have argued to the three-judge court that gardai took swabs for DNA sampling before their client had received sufficient legal advice. They also argued that the jury should not have heard that McDonald told gardai “go fuck yourself” when he was arrested.
The court reserved judgement.
McDonald (36) from the East Wall area of Dublin, was found guilty of murder by ….read more