YZ jailed 30 years for abducting and torturing Kevin Lunney

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YZ was jailed for 30 years for abducting and torturing Kevin Lunney at the Special Criminal Court on 20 December 2021. Lunney was taken from Co Fermanagh to a horse box in Co Cavan, where he was beaten and seriously injured.

Mr Justice Tony Hunt described YZ as the ringleader who inflicted the most serious injuries, including using a Stanley knife. The judge said the kidnapping was carefully planned, involved extreme violence and included prior surveillance of Lunney’s daughter.

YZ was referred to by those initials because he cannot be named for legal reasons. Alan O’Brien was jailed for 25 years, while Darren Redmond received 18 years with the final three suspended.