Lorcan Merriman pleads guilty to disposing of murder firearm

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Lorcan Merriman pleaded guilty to disposing of the firearm used in Thomas Farnan’s shooting at the Central Criminal Court on 11 November 2021.

The charge was impeding the apprehension of an offender by disposing of the firearm used to shoot Farnan, who was killed at his Clondalkin home in April 2016.

The jury was discharged, and Merriman was remanded in custody until a sentence hearing listed for 24 January 2022. The State intended to enter a nolle prosequi on the murder charge at that hearing, formally removing it.