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Neil Canney was murdered on his own doorstep in February 2023

Seven men have been jailed for life for the “brutal” murder of a father who was shot at eight times in five seconds on his doorstep. Neil Canney, 37, was targeted after opening his door in Nairn Road, Greenock, Inverclyde, in the early hours of February 28, 2023, suffering a shot to the head.

He was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, but was pronounced dead a short time later. Shots were also fired into the house on Nairn Road that day while several people, including two children, were inside.

Jack Benson, 24, Dale Russell, 31, Martin McCusker, 41, Brendan Balloch, 25, Michael Munro, 28, and Kieran Hendry, 26, were found guilty of Mr Canney’s murder following a trial at the High Court in Glasgo

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