Robin Schiller

He just happened to be standing beside him at the funeral.

He was pictured in the Kinan Society, right?

That was enough to murder him.

Yeah, well, like I've heard a lot of victim impact statements over the years covering courts and that was certainly one of the most powerful.

It was read out by the prosecuting barrister.

She outlined the impact it had on the family.

She described how, you know, December 22nd, it started as any other normal day and turned into their worst nightmare.

She recalled how she heard about the murder.

She was in work that day.

She was working in the social services and she got a call from her dad's phone and it was his partner's daughter who rang her saying that, you know, you have to make your way back here quickly to Clondalkin.

Knowles being shot and she was in hysterics understandably.

Now it was Christmas time, it was a really busy period and she told how it seemed like the longest drive of all time because the traffic was just absolutely insane.

When she got towards Liffey Valley near the house, she saw the lights and sirens, the traffic still backed up and she got out of the car and sprinted towards her dad's home.

She got there, it was just pandemonium with guards everywhere.

She was trying to tell them, tell my dad I'm here.

She was kind of shepherded then into a neighbour's house while her father was lying fatally injured on the floor and she was told not to.

not to look to her left-hand side because he was lying there and they were trying to shield her from it.

The statement moved on towards the end.

It was really personalised.

Again, Sean McGovern, he was in court himself, and she spoke about, you know, Sean, you were shot in the Regency Hotel yourself.