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Greenock doorstep shooting: Jack Benson and Dale Russell in court accused of murdering Neil Canney outside his home

Neil Canney, 37, died in hospital following an attack outside his home in Greenock, Inverclyde, last week.

Jenness Mitchell

Scotland reporter

Monday 6 March 2023 21:00, UK

Neil Canney, 37, was seriously injured after a firearm was discharged outside his house in Nairn Road in Upper Larkfield, Greenock, at around 1.15am on Tuesday 28 February.
Image: Neil Canney, 37, died after he was shot outside his house last week. Pic: Police Scotland
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Two suspects have appeared in court charged with the murder of a man who was fatally shot on his doorstep.

Neil Canney was seriously injured in an attack outside his house in Nairn Road, Greenock, Inverclyde, at around 1.15am on Tuesday 28 February.

The 37-year-old was taken by ambulance to Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, where he died a short time later.

Jack Benson, 22, and Dale Russell, 28, were arrested and charged in connection with the incident.

Police at the scene on Nairn Road in Greenock, as a murder investigation has been launched after Neil Canney, was shot on the doorstep at his home, in what police described as a targeted attack. He was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow where he died a short time later. Picture date: Wednesday March 1, 2023.
Image: Police at the scene of the shooting last week

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The men made no plea to the murder charge when they appeared at Greenock Sheriff Court on Monday.

Both Benson, of Port Glasgow in Inverclyde, and Russell, of Wishaw in North Lanarkshire, were remanded in custody.

The pair are expected back in court within the next eight days.

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