Five men sentenced after Barry Moore refused to testify in branding assault case

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The Special Criminal Court sentenced five men over an assault in which Barry Moore was beaten and branded with “RAT” in a shed in Blanchardstown. Jason Hennessy Jr and Dean Fitzsimons received eight and a half years each, Kenneth Fitzsimons eight years, Devon Hennessy three years, and Brandon Hennessy six years, to run consecutively to a sentence he is already serving.

The four men who had faced more serious charges pleaded guilty to assault causing harm after Moore refused to testify. Devon Hennessy had earlier pleaded guilty to falsely imprisoning Moore and assisting a criminal organisation to inflict serious harm. The court said Devon was the only one of the five who tried to intervene, and he had entered an early plea.