Three men plead not guilty to Peter Butterly murder

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Three men pleaded not guilty to murdering Peter Butterly at the Special Criminal Court, reported on 30 October 2014. The court heard that Mr Butterly was shot dead at the Huntsman Inn car park in Gormanston, County Meath, on 6 March 2013. Members of the public were excluded while a National Surveillance Unit officer gave evidence, because the officer’s physical characteristics could be exposed. The officer’s evidence cannot be published to protect the unit’s methodology. The case continued before Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy, Ms Justice Margaret Heneghan and Judge Cormac Dunne. Two of the accused also denied firearm offences linked to the same location and date.