Schoolboy reacted in fear when he attacked gunman in busy restaurant, court told

A 17-year-old schoolboy reacted in shock and fear on the spur of the moment when he attacked a gunman who had shot a member of his party in a busy restaurant last Christmas eve, a barrister has told the Special Criminal Court.

Seamus Clarke SC, representing 18-year-old Noah Musueni, said his client was a “young boy” celebrating Christmas Eve dinner when he was faced with an “unimaginable scene” after Tristan Sherry and an accomplice entered the restaurant armed with guns, dressed in black and with balaclavas covering their faces. Both men discharged their weapons and Sherry fatally wounded Jason Hennessy snr.

Counsel said that CCTV footage showed that Mr Musueni initially fled to a bathroom and tried to escape through an emergency door but found he couldn’t open it.

When he returned to the restaurant he was confronted with a “scene of pandemonium and chaos” with Hennessy snr wounded on the ground and a crowd of people surrounding Sherry.

Mr Musueni helped to lift Hennessy snr from…

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