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Garda killer Brady gets trial date over leaked witness video
Summary
Aaron Brady, aged 31, and Dean Byrne, aged 29, are set to stand trial at the Special Criminal Court on charges of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. They are accused of attempting to persuade State witness Daniel Cahill not to testify during Brady's 2020 murder trial for the killing of Garda Adrian Donohoe. Brady's trial, which ran from January to August 2020, saw Cahill testify that he heard Brady admit to shooting a Garda. Brady is also charged with recording a video of a witness interview and distributing it on social media, an act described by Judge Michael White as "the most outrageous contempt of court." A phone recovered from Byrne's cell yielded WhatsApp exchanges offering intimidation to Cahill. The court set a trial date for October 2, 2023, with a mention scheduled for November 7, 2023.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Garda killer Brady gets trial date over leaked witness video. Charges or matters: the murder of the married father-of-two but a Central Criminal Court jury found him guilty by a majority verdict in August 2020 and he was sentenced to life imprisonment, 40 years of which must be served. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- January 25, 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
- August 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
- April 8, 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
- June 22, 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
- February 20, 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
- May 7, 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
- October 2, 2023 Hearing Or Sentence
- November 7 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2022-07-29 Publication
Why: Brady (31) of New Road, Crossmaglen, Co Armagh and Dean Byrne (29) from Cabra Park, Phibsborough, Dublin, are accused of conspiring to persuade prosecution witness Daniel Cahill not to give evidence in order to pervert the course of justice between April 8, 2020, and June 22, 2020. Prosecution account reported by CNI
Case subjects
Background Person
Charges: the murder of the married father-of-two but a Central Criminal Court jury found him guilty by a majority verdict in August 2020 and he was sentenced to life imprisonment, 40 years of which must be served (Proven)
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty
Convicted Person
Charges: the murder of the married father-of-two but a Central Criminal Court jury found him guilty by a majority verdict in August 2020 and he was sentenced to life imprisonment, 40 years of which must be served (Alleged Or Contested)
Places mentioned
- Special Criminal Court
- Central Criminal Court
- Lordship Credit Union
- Mountjoy
- Mountjoy Prison
- New Road
- Crossmaglen
- Armagh
- Cabra Park
- Dublin
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