Edward McGrath convicted of Peter Butterly murder

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Edward McGrath and Sharif Kelly were convicted of murdering Peter Butterly at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on 9 March 2017.

McGrath (35), of Land Dale Lawns, Springfield, Tallaght, and Kelly (47), of Pinewood Green Road, Balbriggan, had denied the killing.

The proceedings were reported on 10 March 2017.

Peter Butterly (35) was shot dead outside The Huntsman Inn, Gormanston, County Meath, on 6 March 2013.

McGrath was also convicted of firearms offences.

Mr Justice Tony Hunt, sitting with Judge John O'Hagan and Judge Ann Ryan, remanded McGrath and Kelly in custody until 7 April for sentencing.

This was their second trial, after the first collapsed in January 2015.

Four men had originally been charged with the murder. David Cullen subsequently became a State witness and his murder charge was dropped.

The fourth man, Dean Evans (24), of Grange Park Rise, Raheny, Dublin, failed to attend the non-jury trial. Gardaí had not located him when the report was published.