2020-11-24
Key witness in Brady trial received 'paramilitary' threats
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Passing sentence today, Mr Justice White said that failing to attend attend court on foot of a witness order was "a serious matter" but Mr Hoey was "most unfortunate" to become involved with Brady, who had been convicted of the most serious crime known to the Irish criminal law. Brady was also sentenced to 14 years for the robbery of €7,000 – a sentence that will run concurrently with the life sentence – at Lordship Credit Union in Bellurgen, Co Louth on January 25, 2013.