'No forgiveness': Silver to serve 40 years for murder of Garda Colm Horkan

Stephen Silver, a 46-year-old mechanic from Aughaward, Foxford, County Mayo, has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 40 years following his conviction for the murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan at Castlerea, County Roscommon on 17 June 2020. Justice Tara Burns imposed the mandatory sentence at the Central Criminal Court in April 2023 after a jury unanimously found Silver guilty…