Robert Redmond and Bernard Fogarty jailed for Barry Wolverson’s murder

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Robert Redmond and Bernard Fogarty were sentenced to life imprisonment for Barry Wolverson’s murder at the Special Criminal Court, at a hearing on 19 December 2022.

Wolverson was shot at Madigan’s Yard in Swords, Co Dublin, on 17 January 2020, and died in hospital on 21 February 2021, 13 months later.

The court also imposed concurrent 12-year sentences for possessing firearms and ammunition, and five-year sentences for the assault on Gerard Wildman.

The men had denied the murder charges and were convicted of Wolverson’s murder; they were also convicted of the assault and firearms offences.