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No reaction from garda murderer as 50 grounds of appeal are dismissed

Date
2024-07-11

Stage
Appeal

Primary locality
Armagh

County
Armagh

Summary

In a 363‑page Court of Appeal judgment, Mr Justice John Edwards dismissed nearly 50 grounds of appeal submitted by Aaron Brady, who remains convicted of the 2013 murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe. The court found no error in the trial judge's decision to proceed during the Covid‑19 pandemic and rejected arguments that jurors were coerced or that the trial was unfair. Brady's appeals concerning the admissibility of video‑link testimony from Daniel Cahill and Molly Staunton, and allegations of inducement by U.S. authorities, were also rejected. The court upheld Brady's life sentence with a minimum term of 40 years, allowing parole application in February 2048 after 30 years of imprisonment. Brady, aged 33 at conviction, was found guilty of shooting Donohoe during a credit‑union robbery in Louth on 25 January 2013.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: No reaction from garda murderer as 50 grounds of appeal are dismissed. Charges or matters: a charge that on a date between February 20 and May 7, 2020, within the State, he video recorded the playing of an interview between Ronan Flynn, a witness at his trial, and An Garda Siochana, thus embarking on a course of conduct intended to pervert the course of justice. Procedural stage: appeal. Findings: Convicted

When:

February 2048 Hearing Or Sentence
August 2020 Other
January 25, 2013 Hearing Or Sentence
February 20 Hearing Or Sentence
May 7, 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
October 2019 Incident
2024-07-11 Publication

Case subjects

Aaron Brady

Background Person

Charges: a charge that on a date between February 20 and May 7, 2020, within the State, he video recorded the playing of an interview between Ronan Flynn, a witness at his trial, and An Garda Siochana, thus embarking on a course of conduct intended to pervert the course of justice (Proven)

Plea: Guilty

Finding: Convicted

Outcome: Convicted; The court's decision means that Brady will remain serving his life sentence with a minimum term of 40 years.