Three men have been jailed for between fifteen and thirty years for the assault and false imprisonment of Kevin Lunney.
They were sentenced at the Special Criminal Court this morning.
In September 2019, Kevin Lunney was taken from near his Fermanagh home, brought to a yard at Drumbrade, Ballinagh, County Cavan where he was placed in a horsebox, stripped, punched, beaten with a stick, attacked and branded on the chest with a knife, doused in bleach and then dumped on
Mr Justice Tony Hunt said it was a deliberate, callous, and vicious attack, and that there was no mismatch between the action and consequence.
The man known by court order as YZ, was described as having a leading role in both the attack and prior surveillance. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
40-year-old Alan O’Brien from East Wall in Dublin 3 was said to have been involved in a dry run of the attack, the driver of a car used in the initial abduction and being present for the assault.
He was jailed for 25 years.
The Court was told both were at this time not realistic candidates for rehabilitation.
27-year-old Darren Redmond from East Wall was sentenced to 18 years in prison with the final three suspended on account of his age and lack of previous convictions.
Mobile phone data linked him to Ballinagh on the day of the attack.
Kevin Lunney was again praised for how he delivered evidence during the 12-week trial and his victim impact statement, with it being said he’ll carry the mental and physical trauma of the attack until his final days.
