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Garda murderer Brady’s ‘contempt’ for trial lands him increased sentence | BreakingNews (opens the original)
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Garda killer Aaron Brady, who showed “contempt” for his capital murder trial by secretly recording a garda interview with a potentially key witness, has had his three-year sentence increased following a successful appeal by the State. Lawyers for the Director of Public Prosecutions had argued that the case raised an important issue of “principle” rather than one of practical consequence, as Brady (35) is already serving a life sentence for the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe. However, t
Garda murderer Brady's 'contempt' for trial lands him increased sentence (opens the original)
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Garda killer Aaron Brady, who showed "contempt" for his capital murder trial by secretly recording a garda interview with a potentially key witness, has had his three-year sentence increased following a successful appeal by the State. Lawyers for the Director of Public Prosecutions had argued that the case raised an important issue of “principle” rather than one of practical consequence, as Brady (35) is already serving a life sentence for the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe. However, t
Conviction of former Defence Force member for raping fellow soldier is upheld after appeal (opens the original)
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THE COURT OF Appeal has upheld a former Defence Force member’s conviction for the repeated rape of a fellow soldier, rejecting his argument that the jury shouldn’t have heard the victim’s distressed 999 call. Kielan Mooney (30) of Bloomfield Park, Derry, was convicted following a trial at the Central Criminal Court in December 2024 of anal rape, oral rape and rape of the woman at a Dublin hotel on 26 July 2021. He was jailed for eight and a half years by Mr Justice Tony Hunt in January the follo
Man's wrongful conviction for 1976 Sallins train robbery declared a miscarriage of justice (opens the original)
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OSGUR BREATNACH’S WRONGFUL conviction for the Sallins train robbery half a century ago has now been declared a miscarriage of justice. The mail train robbery took place on 31 March 1976 when the Cork-to-Dublin train was diverted near the Co Kildare town and an estimated £200,000 was stolen. Breatnach was found guilty by the non-jury Special Criminal Court in December 1978, but his conviction was overturned a year and a half later after a court found his confession had been obtained under oppress
Osgur Breatnach’s wrongful conviction for Sallins train robbery declared a miscarriage of justice (opens the original)
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Osgur Breatnach’s wrongful conviction for the Sallins train robbery half a century ago has now been declared a miscarriage of justice. The mail train robbery took place on March 31st, 1976, when the Cork-to-Dublin train was diverted near the Co Kildare town, and an estimated £200,000 was stolen. Breatnach was found guilty by the non-jury Special Criminal Court in December 1978, but his conviction was overturned a year and a half later after a court found his confession had been obtained under op
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