Shooting of Clifford Power

Shortly after 2pm on December 23, 2019, Clifford Power was shot a number of times at close range by a person wearing a Hugo Boss-branded tracksuit top. Two bullet casings were recovered from the scene.

CCTV footage showed a man wearing a Hugo Boss branded clothing entering the Eight-to-Eight shop where, using a €50 note, he bought a bottle of Innocent Orange Juice, a Muller Corner yoghurt and a packet of cigarettes.

Following the shooting, a witness, who was out walking his dog that afternoon, said he observed rubbish thrown over a fence and into an area of rough ground. A navy “Hugo Boss” tracksuit was recovered in a plastic bag.

During a search of an apartment that same day, an orange juice bottle and yoghurt pot matching those bougearlier in the Eight-to-Eight were confiscated. Matching DNA profiles were obtained from the spoon in the yoghurt pot and collar and cuffs of the discarded “Hugo Boss” jumper. In addition, blood from the €50 note in the shop and a fingerprint from the orange bottle were all identified as coming from the same source. The DNA profile from the Hugo Boss top, spoon and the €50 note and the fingerprint matched Gavin Ryan’s.

Firearm residue was identified on the “Hugo Boss” top and it contained the same range of elements as the residue from the spent bullet casings retrieved from the scene of the shooting.

Gavin Ryan was found guilty to the shooting of Clifford Power and sentenced to 13 ½ years imprisonment.