A business and IT student who was part of a Kinahan ‘murder cell’ has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the feud murder of David 'Daithi' Douglas. Lee Canavan (32) was handed down the mandatory life sentence at the Special Criminal Court after being convicted of the gun killing last month. After being sentenced Canavan, who was watching via video-link from Mountjoy prison, gave a thumbs-up to the camera before being led away. Expand Close Murder victim David Daithi Douglas / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Murder victim David Daithi DouglasHe was convicted of these charges on June 26, 2016- just five days before he was involved in the Douglas murder. Prosecutor Sean Gillane SC told the three judges that the family of David Douglas were happy for sentencing to proceed without providing a victim impact statement.

Source: Irish Independent June 03, 2021 10:00 UTC