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Three men guilty of beating and mutilating Quinn director Kevin Lunney

Date
2021-11-08

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Cavan

County
Cavan

Summary

Three men have been convicted of falsely imprisoning, beating and mutilating Kevin Lunney, director of Quinn Industrial Holdings, at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin. A fourth man was acquitted. Mr Justice Tony Hunt found Alan O'Brien and Darren Redmond, both from East Wall in Dublin, and a man identified as YZ guilty of the offences committed at Drumbrade, Ballinagh, County Cavan on 17 September 2019. Luke O'Reilly, from Mullahoran Lower, Kilcogy, County Cavan, was found not guilty. Mr Lunney was abducted near his home, held in a container, beaten with a wooden bat, doused in bleach, and had letters carved into his chest with a Stanley knife. The judge accepted Mr Lunney's evidence as reliable and described him as a most impressive witness. CCTV footage, DNA evidence and phone records established the involvement of the three convicted men. The judge found the offences were organised by Cyril McGuinness, now deceased. Sentencing is scheduled for 22 October.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Three men guilty of beating and mutilating Quinn director Kevin Lunney. Charges or matters: falsely imprisoning; intentionally causing serious harm. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

September 17, 2019 Hearing Or Sentence
October 22 Hearing Or Sentence
October 31, 2019 Other
October 2019 Other
October 29 Other
2021-11-08 Publication

Why: Mr Justice Hunt dismissed a suggestion that Mr Lunney's DNA was placed in the van some time in October 2019, saying that there was no need to plant Mr Lunney's DNA because the involvement of the Kangoo in the offences was already established by CCTV. CNI source report