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Garda killer Brady gets three more years for conspiring to pervert justice
Summary
Aaron Brady, already serving a life sentence for the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, was sentenced by the Special Criminal Court to an additional three years for conspiring to pervert the course of justice. Brady admitted responsibility for recording a video of an interview between Garda officers and witness Ronan Flynn, in which Flynn claimed Brady had admitted to shooting Donohoe three times. The video was later posted on social media, accusing Flynn of "touting" and calling him a "rat." Brady's co‑conspirator, Dean Byrne, aged 31, received a two‑year sentence for persuading a witness not to give evidence. Byrne had been due for release later that year after a 14‑year sentence for aggravated burglary. The judge noted that the offences struck at the heart of the administration of justice but did not involve violence, threats or inducements, and therefore the sentences were reduced from the headline years to the final terms.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Garda killer Brady gets three more years for conspiring to pervert justice. 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 An Garda Siochana and Ronan Flynn, thus embarking on a course of conduct intended to pervert the course of justice. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Convicted
When:
- August 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
- January 25, 2013 Other
- February 20 Other
- May 7, 2020 Other
- October 2017 Hearing Or Sentence
- April 8, 2020 Incident
- June 22, 2020 Incident
- 2024-07-29 Publication
Case subjects
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 An Garda Siochana and Ronan Flynn, thus embarking on a course of conduct intended to pervert the course of justice (Proven)
Plea: Guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Photo: Collins) Garda killer Aaron Brady and a violent thug who together conspired to pervert the course of justice during Brady's capital murder trial have been sentenced by the Special Criminal Court to a combined total of five years in prison. Following Byrne's conviction last month for conspiring to persuade a witness in Brady's trial not to give evidence, Mr Justice Paul Burns at the three-judge court imposed a two-year sentence on Byrne that will begin when his previous sentences expire.
Places mentioned
- Special Criminal Court
- New Road
- Crossmaglen
- Armagh
- Cabra Park
- Dublin
- Mountjoy
- Mountjoy Prison
Topics
Burglary Stage Sentence Violent Crime
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