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POLICE IN NORTHERN Ireland have issued a fresh appeal for information about the murder of 26-year-old Kieran McManus, who was shot dead one year ago today as he delivered pizza.
CCTV footage showing McManus getting change at a garage shortly before he was killed has been released by the PSNI.
McManus was shot in west Belfast at 11.20pm on 30 March as he was placing a pizza delivery into the back of his car outside the Domino’s where he worked. The male culprit got out of his car nearby and shot the victim a number of times at close range, before returning to his car and fleeing the scene.
A dark-coloured Vauxhall Astra believed to be linked to the murder was found burned out a short time later.
McManus was known to police, but the murder was not believed to be sectarian. The PSNI said the murder was a “brutal and ruthless attack”.
On the first anniversary of the murder, detectives have asked for anyone in the community with any information to come forward.
“Kieran worked as a pizza delivery driver, trying to earn a living for his family,” said senior investigating officer Justyn Galloway. “This was a ruthless and reckless attack, given the number of people in the area at the time.”
The footage shows Kieran getting some change at a nearby garage before returning to the pizza outlet where he was shot. I would ask everyone in this community to look at these images and think about the fact that a short time later, Kieran was dead.
I would ask them to think about Kieran and his family and the needless pain they have suffered over the past year.
Galloway said that 107 witnesses have been interviewed, nine searches have been carried out, and one person has been arrested in the year since, but no-one has yet been brought before the courts.
“We are ready and willing to to progress this challenging investigation but we need people to work with us,” he said.
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And while they were busy slapping each other on the back ,this is what happened .The sooner the better Zappone and her do gooders clique remember these youths are criminals and will inhabit our prisons in the future , then we might have a better chance of tackling crime.
@Just Me: the on demand generation need to start understanding what personal responsibility means. Then again not many so in the country
How many well off, especially the private educated FG supporters have a future in prison? FG have no problem spending fortune keeping people on jail but won’t spend a tiny fraction of that to house the poor leading to homeless future and despair leading to crimes that we all suffer from with a huge hyped up crime fear driven by the media business selling papers and fear especially that owned by a certain FG loving billionaire who’s tribunal findings against him have not been acted on since Enda became Taoiseach in 2011
@abcyz: 300,000 per “child” per annum
Can’t believe the Journal has not covered the ST John of God Audit as covered in today’s Irish Mail on Sunday. € 6 million and the CEO got over €2 million. Be true to your values. It is NEWS and much bigger than Console last year
@PVD: ah they only like headlines of that nature when it involves the guards
@PVD: I know, I work for this organisation and it infuriates me. The children and ordinary staff members have suffered so much from the cutbacks meanwhile the fat cats get fatter
They need to be treated like the criminals they are .. regardless of their age .
Didn’t the Journal publish an article earlier in the week saying everything was fine in Oberstown.
Since then there has been at least two articles saying different.
@MyBrokenKnees: obviously fake news.
No incidents in 7 months……this should read …no incidents that got media coverage. …
More diatribe…..
It’s suddenly a “Challenging Environment” now that he has been assaulted.But when ordinary staff were being assaulted everything was hunky dory.
Get the prison officers in there . Enough love dovey don’t work with these criminals that’s what they are. Will be in mount joy in a few years mark my words. Also make parents responsible for the children actions.
Katherine Zappone and Frances Fitzgerald maybe even Leo should work 2 or 3 days in a remand centre and then decide what needs to be done
You might come back into planet reality now . Criminals not children
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