Assassin who emptied ‘contents of a pistol’ into grandfather sentenced to life in prison

A violent criminal who “assassinated” a grandfather by emptying “the contents of a pistol” into him when he answered the front door at his mother’s home and later perjured himself at trial, has been sentenced to life in prison.

Cailean Crawford (28) had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Thomas McCarthy (55) on July 27th, 2020, at Croftwood Park, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10 but was unanimously convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury earlier this month.

Crawford had shouted “F**k you and your fair trial” and stormed out of the dock after the jury returned their verdict.

Detective Sergeant Roan McDermott told Friday’s hearing that Crawford has one previous conviction for conspiring to murder gangland criminal Wayne Whelan, for which he received a five-year sentence in September 2021. Mr Whelan survived that murder attempt in September 2019 but was subsequently shot dead following another attack two months later.

That sentence expired in June, Det Sgt McDermott said, but…

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