2025-12-03
Criminal who conspired with garda murderer over trial witness loses appeal
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Dean Byrne (32) now faces the possibility that he will spend more time in prison, as the Director of Public Prosecutions intends to argue before the Court of Appeal that the two-year sentence imposed by the Special Criminal Court was unduly lenient. After the court dismissed Byrne's appeal, Lorcan Staines SC said the Director of Public Prosecutions intends to appeal the leniency of the sentences imposed on Byrne and Brady for the conspiracy to pervert the course of justice offences.