'Intolerable' for garda's family to have impasse in Stephen Silver appeal 'drag on', judge says

The Court of Appeal has heard that proceedings in Stephen Silver's appeal against his murder conviction have become stalled over disclosure of psychiatric evidence held by the Director of Public Prosecutions. Silver, a 48-year-old motorbike mechanic from Aughaward, Foxford, County Mayo, is serving a 40-year minimum sentence following his conviction for the capital murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan. He had…