'New IRA' leader should never have been convicted of dissident murder, lawyers argue
A 49-year-old man identified by gardaí as leader of the New IRA is challenging his murder conviction at the Court of Appeal, with his defence team arguing the conviction should be quashed as unsafe. Kevin Braney was found guilty by the Special Criminal Court in February 2019 of the premeditated murder of Peter Butterly, shot dead outside The Huntsman Inn near Gormanston, County Meath on 6 March 2013. He received a…
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