Organised gang with local knowledge targeted Lordship Credit Union, trial told

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A Special Criminal Court has heard that an organised criminal gang comprising at least five members with local knowledge deliberately targeted Lordship Credit Union in Bellurgan, County Louth, in the robbery during which Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was fatally shot. The State's closing address, delivered by barrister Lorcan Staines SC on 15 May 2023, relied on circumstantial evidence including CCTV footage and mobile phone data to link the accused men to the attack and a series of related burglaries. Brendan Treanor and James Flynn deny charges of conspiracy to commit creeper burglaries between September 2012 and January 2013, and of robbing €7,000 from the credit union on 25 January 2013. The prosecution contends the gang possessed detailed local knowledge of the area and prior intelligence about the credit union's operations. Counsel noted coordination indicators such as synchronised phone deactivations before the robbery and evidence of reconnaissance visits. Aaron Brady, already serving a life sentence with a 40-year minimum for Detective Donohoe's murder, was named as a co-conspirator. The trial continues at the Special Criminal Court.

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Organised gang with local knowledge targeted Lordship Credit Union where garda was shot dead - Irish Independent Irish Independent · Mon, 15 May 2023 07:00:00 GMT
Two men acquitted over Lordship Credit Union robbery - BreakingNews.ie BreakingNews.ie · Mon, 11 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT
Closing arguments to finish in Lordship robbery trial - RTE.ie RTE.ie · Thu, 18 May 2023 07:00:00 GMT

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