2024-05-01
Criminal accused of attempting to persuade garda murder trial witness not to give evidence was 'trying to secure justice', defence claim
Stage: Sentence
Outcome: Mr Staines said there is evidence that Mr Byrne is serving a long prison sentence and that he is a "resourceful" prisoner capable of obtaining drugs and mobile phones for himself and other people. "A jury is entitled to conclude that Dean Byrne was just the sort of inmate who would be recruited by Aaron Brady to engage in a criminal enterprise," he said.