Alan O’Brien jailed for Kevin Lunney’s abduction and torture

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Alan O’Brien was jailed for 25 years for false imprisonment and intentionally causing harm to Kevin Lunney at the Special Criminal Court on 20 December 2021.

The offences took place at Drumbrade, Ballinagh, Co Cavan, on 17 September 2019.

The court convicted O’Brien after a trial, finding he was closely associated with the attack and helped inflict serious injuries.

Judge Tony Hunt said O’Brien had acted as an assistant to YZ and joined a dry run the day before the abduction.

The judge said O’Brien drove the BMW used to ram Lunney’s car and identified the need for bleach to destroy forensic evidence.