Dean Evans, aged 27, received a mandatory life sentence at the Special Criminal Court following his guilty plea to the murder of Peter Butterly, a 35-year-old dissident republican shot dead outside The Huntsman Inn in Gormanstown, County Meath on 6 March 2013. Evans, of Grange Park Rise in Raheny, Dublin, expressed remorse through his legal representatives and apologised to the victim's family for the suffering caused. The victim's widow provided a statement highlighting the trauma inflicted on the Butterly family and their three children. Detective Sergeant Liam Archbold outlined how gardaí monitored a silver Toyota vehicle and arrested Evans at the scene following the shooting. Evans had absconded before his scheduled trial in January 2017 but was arrested in Spain last April and returned to Ireland to face charges. Two other men previously received life sentences for their roles in the murder. Three additional suspects remain scheduled for trial on murder charges relating to the incident.
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Public source leads
- Man who shot dead a dissident republican in pub car park gets life sentence - The Journal The Journal · Tue, 31 Jul 2018 07:00:00 GMT
- 'The despair we live with every day without is intolerable' - Dean Evans jailed for life for murder of Peter Butterly - Irish Independent Irish Independent · Tue, 31 Jul 2018 07:00:00 GMT
- Dean Evans pleads guilty to murder of Peter Butterly - The Irish Times The Irish Times · Fri, 20 Jul 2018 07:00:00 GMT
- Man who went on run while facing trial for murder of dissident republican appears in court - Irish Independent Irish Independent · Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:00:00 GMT
- Third man facing life sentence over Butterly murder - RTE.ie RTE.ie · Fri, 20 Jul 2018 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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