2020-11-16
Getaway driver to be sentenced for role in murder of innocent family man
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: At a sentence hearing on Monday, Detective Garda Conor Harrison said that he and a colleague stopped Shorthall in a Nissan Almera at an area known as the Belfry in Tallaght because they thought he looked very young. Five years later we are still struggling to find ways to cope with our grief." Alan's mother Doris O'Neill said her son brought "love, laughter, wisdom and joy to us all." She said her son's life was taken and the family's lives were shattered. "We adored our Alan and he loved us, we will keep trying to do our best, to do Alan proud, as he always wanted people to do well." Mr Justice McDermott will sentence Shorthall tomorrow/