Eamonn Cumberton jailed for Sunset House murder

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Eamonn Cumberton was jailed for life for murder by the Special Criminal Court, as reported on 29 January 2018. The murder occurred at Dublin’s Sunset House pub on 25 April 2016.

The court found him guilty after accepting that his DNA was on a baseball cap and rubber mask linked to the shooting. Mr Justice Tony Hunt said Cumberton was one of three people seen disposing of items connected with the killing, although the court could not determine which role he played. The report also recorded that Cumberton had denied murdering Michael Barr.