2022-01-18
Ban on naming criminal who kidnapped and tortured Kevin Lunney is lifted
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: On December 20 last, the Lunney trial concluded when Mr Justice Tony Hunt sentenced Harte to 30 years' imprisonment for torturing and falsely imprisoning Mr Lunney. He said that Harte had used the same story to mitigate his sentence following his conviction for helping to dispose of Peter Gunn's body and couldn't rely on the same mitigation twice.