04/02/2010

Further Arrests Over Doherty Case

Gardaí investigating the murder of Wayne Doherty have announced a further two arrests in connection with the case.

A woman in her 20s was arrested yesterday and is currently detained under the Offences Against The State Act at Cabra Garda Station. A second woman in her 30s was also arrested and is detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against The State Act at Finglas.

The news comes after a woman in her 40s was among four people arrested in connection with the murder on Monday.

Gardai have made all the arrests in relation to the Murder of Wayne Doherty in July at Hartstown, Dublin 15 last year.

Wayne Doherty, a 32-year-old father of two was shot dead on the street outside his parents' house at Oakview Way. He was killed by a sawn-off shotgun wound to the upper torso.

His body was removed to James Connolly Hospital where he died the next morning.

Gardaí believe the fatal shooting may have been linked to a row at a christening party in a pub in Co Meath earlier in the day.

The female aged in her 40s is currently being detained at Lucan Garda Station. One male aged in his 20s at Finglas Garda Station, and two males aged in their late teens at Cabra and Ballyfermot Stations.

(DW/BMcC)

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