A man has been convicted of the murder of a bread delivery man who was shot four times at close range in a Topaz petrol station in Limerick.
John Coughlan from Pineview Gardens, Moyross has been sentenced to life for killing 35 year old Daniel Treacy on the morning of February 22nd 2010.
The jury heard psychiatric evidence that Coughlan was suffering from a mental disorder namely paranoid schizophrenia at the time of the killing that would have substantially diminished his responsibility, making the crime one of manslaughter, not murder.
The jury has rejected the defence and convicted the electrician of murder.
In a victim impact statement, Daniel Treacy’s sister Aisling spoke of the sorrow, grief, heartache and sadness her family wakes up to each day.
Mr Justice Paul Carney has jailed john Coughlan for life.
