Man who shot bystander in chest at Dublin scrapyard in 2018 jailed for five years
The area near Cullen's Yard in Walkinstown where the man was shot in 2018. Image: Google Street View The area near Cullen's Yard in Walkinstown where the man was shot in 2018. Image: Google Street View A MAN WHO shot an innocent bystander in the chest when he fired a shotgun in a west Dublin breaker’s yard has been jailed for five years.
Garda Aidan Devenney told Diana Stuart BL, prosecuting, that John O’Connor was at the scrapyard to buy car parts when he saw a man holding a single-barrel shotgun. Another man also received minor injuries but did not need to attend hospital. The firearm was never found. Gallagher has 42 previous convictions, including convictions for theft, criminal damage, possession of drugs for sale or supply and road traffic offences. He has two children.