The eight children of a businessman who was shot in cold blood and died after being in a coma for over a year now “have to live without daddy”, the Special Criminal Court has heard.
The non-jury court yesterday heard a victim impact statement made on behalf the family of Barry Wolverson before it jailed two career criminals for life for his murder. The murder trial heard that Mr Wolverson, 40, was a businessman who rented space at Madigan’s Yard in Swords in north Dublin. At the time of his shooting, his partner was expecting a child.
Mr Wolverson and Gerard Wildman were sitting in a car at the yard shortly before midday when Mr Wolverson was shot “several times”. Mr Wolverson eventually died from cardiac arrest after being treated in a residential care facility while in a comatose state for 13 months.
