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'Badge of honour': the ensnarement of a garda murderer
Summary
Aaron Brady was convicted of the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, who was shot during an armed robbery at Lordship Credit Union in County Louth on 25 January 2013. An investigation spanning several years culminated in Brady's trial, where the prosecution presented extensive circumstantial evidence linking him to the crime. This included CCTV footage connecting Brady to a stolen Volkswagen Passat used in the raid, phone records showing his movements, and witness testimony placing him in the vicinity. Brady's own statements to gardaí contained multiple falsehoods about his whereabouts that night. The investigation also revealed Brady had later made incriminating admissions whilst living abroad, boasting about shooting a police officer. The jury found Brady guilty of the murder. The case was handled by Dundalk District Court and involved cooperation between Irish and Northern Irish police services.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: 'Badge of honour': the ensnarement of a garda murderer. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- January 2013 Other
- October 2011 Hearing Or Sentence
- June 16 2012 Other
- 25 July 2019 Incident
- February 2013 Other
- July 27 2018 Hearing Or Sentence
- July 25, 2019 Other
- 2020-12-23 Publication
Why: And the robbers had earned themselves a paltry €7,500 because they failed to target the car carrying the main evening's takings of €17,000. CNI source report
Case subjects
Background Person
Places mentioned
- Lordship Credit Union
- The house
- Suspect A's house
- Ms King's house
- Concession Road
- Armagh
- Clogherhead
- Louth
- Circuit Criminal Court
- Cumson's Lane
- Cortamlat Road
- Katonah Avenue
- Concession Road
- Lough Road
- Clogherhead
- Dundalk
- Cumson's Lane
- Chaleybeate Road
- Armagh
- Clogherhead
- Chaleybeate Road
- Dublin
Topics
Stage Sentence Theft Violent Crime
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