A man has been jailed for 12 years at the Central Criminal Court for attempting to murder his brother in law.
Mr Justice Paul Carney, sitting at the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin said that he had been unable to find anything in favour of Charles Darcy, who fired a semi automatic pistol twice at the head of his brother in law, Patrick Collins.
Charles Darcy (21), of Crumlin Park, Crumlin was convicted by a jury last June of the attempted murder of Mr Collins at Cooley Road, Drimnagh on August 31st, 2008. He was also found guilty of aggravated burglary.
Mr Justice Carney said that the case was “of the highest order of gravity.’’ He said that Darcy had tried to assassinate his brother in law and only failed because the gun jammed twice. He had also forced his sister to give evidence against him to “her deep distress.’’
The judge said that Mr Collins had been forced into exile from Drimnagh and from the country, as well as his wife, mother and father and three children.
The judge said that Darcy had invented “ a cock and bull story’’ alibi for himself and had shown no sign of remorse. He sentenced him to twelve years for the attempted murder and five years for the burglary and ordered both sentences to run concurrently and to date from September 13th last year.