2018-10-18
"Duck Egg" accused pleads guilty to helping murderers
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: He told counsel for both sides that the court would need to know at the sentence hearing what was offered "in terms of assistance" by Keating and what was the defendant's state of mind in relation to the offence that actually took place. "If you look at the sentence from Monday you will see what was required to assist us in the exercise," he added. Mr Justice Hunt, presiding, sitting with Judge Sinead Ni Chualachain and Judge Cormac Dunne, remanded Keating in custody until November 22, when he will be sentenced.; Mr Justice Hunt, presiding, sitting with Judge Sinead Ni Chualachain and Judge Cormac Dunne, remanded Keating in custody until November 22, when he will be sentenced.