A man's been jailed for 20 years for killing 17 year old Melanie McCarthy McNamara in Dublin last year.
The teenager was shot dead as she sat in the back of a parked car at Brookview Way in Tallaght in February.
24-year-old Keith Hall of Kilmartin Drive, Tallaght was due to stand trial for her murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter claiming she wasnÂ’t the intended target.
MelanieÂ’s supporters began cheering when the verdict was handed down. Her mother, Melissa says the family are delighted with the outcome: