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A MAN has been found guilty of the capital murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan. Stephen Silver, 46, of Aughavard, Foxford, Co. Mayo, shot Garda Horkan 11 times with his own gun in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon on June 17, 2020. Silver had managed to take possession of Garda Horkan's gun during a struggle after he
Former Garda sergeant and close friend of Detective Horkan, John Hynes, said that local Gardaí left no stone unturned in the investigation:
Silver had pleaded not guilty to the capital murder of Garda Colm Horkan in June 2020.
Stephen Silver now faces minimum of forty years in prison.
After two trials at the Central Criminal Court, a jury has found Stephen Silver, who shot Garda Colm Horkan 11 times with his own gun, guilty of capital murder…