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Lordship Robbery accused denied bail

Date
2022-06-24

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Armagh

County
Armagh

Summary

Brendan Treanor, 34, was refused bail by the Special Criminal Court regarding charges of participating in the January 25, 2013, robbery at Lordship Credit Union in Bellurgan, Co Louth, during which Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was shot dead. Mr Justice Michael MacGrath, delivering the ruling of the three-judge court, stated there was a real risk of witness interference and upheld a Section 2 Bail Act objection based on fears of further serious offences. Treanor's lawyers had argued that continued custody offended his dignity by separating him from his newborn son, noting his trial was adjourned from October to January next year to allow the DPP to try him alongside James Flynn. Flynn, 31, is currently awaiting an appeal against his extradition from the UK to face the same robbery charge. The report also details the finalised sentencing of Aaron Brady, 30, who was found guilty of the murder of Det Gda Donohoe by an 11-to-1 majority jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court on August 11, 2020. Brady was sentenced to the mandatory life imprisonment term, with a minimum of 40 years to be served due to the victim being a garda acting in the course of duty. He also received a concurrent 14-year sentence for the robbery of €7,000 at the credit union.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Lordship Robbery accused denied bail. Charges or matters: participating in a robbery that occurred at the Lordship Credit Union, Bellurgan, Co Louth, on January 25, 2013; the murder of Det Gda Donohoe by an 11 to one majority jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court on August 11, 2020. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty

When:

January 25, 2013 Incident
August 11, 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
2022-06-24 Publication

Case subjects

Aaron Brady

Convicted Person

Charges: the murder of Det Gda Donohoe by an 11 to one majority jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court on August 11, 2020 (Proven)

Finding: Found guilty

Outcome: Found guilty; Brady was also sentenced to 14 years for the robbery of €7,000 – a sentence that will run concurrently with the life sentence – at Lordship Credit Union.

Brendan Treanor

Defendant

Charges: participating in a robbery that occurred at the Lordship Credit Union, Bellurgan, Co Louth, on January 25, 2013; the murder of Det Gda Donohoe by an 11 to one majority jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court on August 11, 2020 (Alleged Or Contested)

Outcome: Brendan Treanor's (34) lawyers had argued that it was an offence to his dignity to keep him in custody away from his newborn son in circumstances where his trial has been put back to January of next year.