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Brady's counsel claimed it was not normal for jurors to come and work in a courtroom of 31 people when there was a 'deadly disease out there'
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Lawyers for Mr Brady, convicted in 2020 for murder of Det Garda Adrian Donohoe, tell Court of Appeal case should not have gone ahead while people, including jurors, were ‘very, very frightened’
A Co Armagh man sentenced for the murder of garda officer Adrian Donohoe has begin an appeal against his conviction.
The trial of a Co Armagh man who was convicted of murdering Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe remained the only case at hearing as the pandemic took hold in Ireland and it was inappropriate for a jury to determine his guilt or innocence as people were dying from Covid-19, his lawyers have told the Court of Appeal.
Garda killer Aaron Brady's appeal against his conviction for the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe has been adjourned until Wednesday due to tomorrow's strike by criminal barristers seeking to reverse cuts to legal aid fees.