New CCTV images released over delivery drivers murder

By David Hunter

New CCTV images have been released of the car used by the killers of Kieran McManus in March 2013. 

On the fourth anniversary of the 26 year old's murder, Detectives have launched a fresh bid to catch the murderers. 

The father of one died a short time after he was shot outside a Dominos Pizza shop at the Enterprise Centre in Kennedy Way. 

New video footage shows a car park in an alleyway near 'Carpetland' where the gunmen sit in wait for around 25 minutes. 

Kieran arrives to make a delivery in his silver Volkswagen Passat at around 11.20pm on 30 March.

One man exits the Maroon coloured Vauxhal Astra and shoots at close range before making off again.

The vehicle used had been stolen from Banbridge Leisure Centre in September 2012, over six months before the murder. 

After the shooting it was driven to Denewood park off the Andersonstown Road where the licence plates were removed and the vehicle was set alight. 

Kieran's mother, Sally McManus,said: “It is four years since Kieran’s murder and the pain of that is still very much with me, more so because his killers have not yet been brought to court.

"I know there are people who know who killed Kieran and I urge them to please pass this information any way they can to police so that those responsible can be brought to justice.”

Detective Chief Inspector Justyn Galloway said: "Four years on from this callous murder and Kieran’s family are still suffering intolerable grief.

"They deserve to see the person or people responsible brought before the courts.

“The police investigation continues and today we are releasing previously unseen CCTV footage of the car the gunman and his accomplices were in as they lay in wait for Kieran who at the time of his murder was working as a delivery driver.

"I appreciate the CCTV images are of poor quality but I am hoping that seeing the car reversing into the alleyway will jog the memories of anyone in the carpark that night or anyone who witnessed it parked in the lane."

Police have interviewed 228 people, conducted 14 searches and made two arrests as part of the investigation.

DCI Galloway continued :"We have a clear picture of what happened to Kieran but we need to know about the movements of the car prior to the shooting, who was in it and where it was kept in the days leading up to the murder.

"We have had a number of people who have come forward over the last four years to assist us with our enquiries, but we know there are other people in the community with information who have not yet contacted police."