Kevin Lunney abduction: three men jailed for torture

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Three men were jailed for abducting and torturing Kevin Lunney at the Special Criminal Court on 20 December 2021. The court imposed 30 years on the unnamed man referred to as YZ, 25 years on Alan O'Brien and 18 years on Darren Redmond, with the final three years of Redmond's term suspended. Lunney was abducted in County Fermanagh on 17 September 2019, taken to County Cavan and subjected to severe violence, including beatings, slashing and being doused in bleach. The sentences were imposed by Mr Justice Tony Hunt at the three-judge, non-jury court.