A relative of a State witness who gave key testimony against garda killer Aaron Brady has been arrested over a plot to intimidate members of his own family, the Sunday Independent can reveal.
Detectives investigating a campaign of witness intimidation during the trial of Aaron Brady for the murder of Garda Adrian Donohoe made the latest significant arrest in the capital over a week ago.
The suspect is a convicted criminal and is related to a witness whose testimony was key in securing Brady s conviction of the garda s murder.
The man, who has served prison sentences for violent attacks on innocent people, was enlisted by other criminals to try and dissuade the witness from giving evidence against the garda killer, it is understood. Detectives believe the man was paid to try to convince his relative not to give evidence.
Opened each listening cell,
Each from his separate Hell.
Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
Prisoner number 74326 will have plenty of time over the Christmas and beyond in his listening cell in Portlaoise Gaol to rue the mistakes he made in the USA in 2015 and 2016. He was to all intents and purposes clean away after committing one of the most shocking crimes in the history of the state.
The prisoner’s fondness for drink however, and its ability to ‘loosen the tongue’ led to his arrest, extradition, conviction and a life sentence in circumstances that Oscar Wilde described as his separate Hell more than a century ago.