Sharif Kelly and Edward McGrath jailed for murder

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Sharif Kelly and Edward McGrath were sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Peter Butterly at the Special Criminal Court on 7 April 2017. Butterly was shot dead outside The Huntsman Inn in Gormanston, Co Meath, on 6 March 2013.

Both men were convicted of a brutal, callous and premeditated murder. The court said Kelly helped the killers escape, while McGrath drove to and from the scene; the source reports that a third accused had not been found.