Three men jailed for Kevin Lunney abduction and torture

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At the Special Criminal Court on 20 December 2021, YZ was jailed for 30 years, Alan O'Brien for 25 years, and Darren Redmond for 18 years, with Redmond’s final three years suspended, after their convictions for abducting and torturing Kevin Lunney.

The court heard that Lunney was taken from near his home in County Fermanagh to a horse box in County Cavan, where he was beaten, slashed, doused in bleach and had QIH carved into his chest.

Mr Justice Tony Hunt described YZ as the ringleader, found O'Brien closely associated with him, and considered Redmond less culpable than the other two. The report said the attack had been carefully planned and involved extreme violence.