Four men appeared before an out-of-term sitting of the Special Criminal Court on charges arising from the death of Peter Butterly. Mr Butterly, aged thirty-five, was shot outside The Huntsman Inn in Gormanston, County Meath on 6 March 2013. Michael McDermott, aged fifty-eight, from Ballinagh, County Cavan, faces a murder charge alongside allegations of membership of an unlawful organisation and unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. Laurence Murphy, aged sixty, and Frank Murphy, aged fifty-eight, both from Bettystown, County Meath, are charged with membership of an unlawful organisation. Frank Murphy additionally faces murder and firearm possession charges. Ray Kennedy, aged thirty-eight, from Dublin, is charged with membership of an unlawful organisation. All four were remanded in custody pending their return to the Special Criminal Court on 14 September.
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- Trial opens of two men charged in connection with murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly - Irish Examiner Irish Examiner · Tue, 08 Oct 2019 07:00:00 GMT
- Peter Butterly's widow told gardaí that IRA-accused was 'good friend' to them both - Irish Examiner Irish Examiner · Thu, 10 Oct 2019 07:00:00 GMT
- Man jailed for 18 months for disrupting garda inquiry into Peter Butterly murder - BreakingNews.ie BreakingNews.ie · Mon, 12 Jul 2021 07:00:00 GMT
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