2017-03-14
Notorious garda murderer threw keg at jeweller's window, court hears
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: McCann was sentenced to death by hanging in 1980 for the capital murder of Garda Henry Byrne, who was shot dead in the aftermath of an armed robbery near Loughglynn, Co Roscommon on July 7, 1980. Another man, Colm O'Shea, was also sentenced to death.; Judge Melanie Greally adjourned the matter until April 7 to allow for a probation report, noting: "I'm clearly not dealing with an average case." "Mr McCann has spent, if not the majority of his adult life, then a very large portion of his adult life in custody," the judge said. "Following his release he has engaged in criminal conduct on a reasonably consistent basis." Garda Maria O'Hara told Mad