Overview
- The nine-member jury returned a narrative account after roughly four hours of deliberation at Dublin District Coroner’s Court.
- Coroner Myra Cullinane told jurors the inquest was a fact-finding exercise and that unlawful killing was not an available verdict.
- Jurors heard evidence that non-lethal attempts to disarm Mr Nkencho had failed before the shooting outside his Clonee home in December 2020.
- Testimony included Garda accounts that they feared for their lives and a pathologist’s finding that six shots were fired, with one wound to the back fatally piercing the heart and lung.
- The jury issued recommendations related to Garda practice, including the use of body-worn cameras, after a three-week hearing attended by Mr Nkencho’s family.