Overview
- James Byrne received life with a 40-year minimum, Simon Allen life with 28 years, David Harrison life with 26 years, and Barrie Glynn was jailed for 30 years for manslaughter.
- The court found Byrne fired the fatal shot; Glynn drove the getaway car, Allen carried out reconnaissance and burned the stolen Vauxhall Insignia, and Harrison assisted before and after the attack.
- Prosecutors said the shooting followed the theft of a mobile phone used to run the JJ Line drug operation, which the judge described as a revenge motive.
- All four were also convicted of possessing a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life and of arson, after a case built on CCTV and communications evidence.
- Alleged accomplice Preston Connolly remains at large after reportedly fleeing to Turkey, and Anna McGinn was acquitted of assisting an offender.