They are also charged with, between September 11th, 2012 and January 23rd, 2013, conspiring with convicted garda-killer Aaron Brady and others to enter residential premises with the intention of stealing car keys.Brady , previously of New Road, Crossmaglen, is serving a life sentence with a 40-year minimum having been found guilty of murdering Det Garda Donohoe and of the robbery at Lordship Credit Union. He is awaiting an appeal against his conviction.
He said much of the imagery on Mr Treanor’s back, including of bank notes, bullets, a long firearm, a handgun and a woman wearing a balaclava while blowing smoke from the barrel of a gun, would have been sourced from the internet. The evidence, he said, suggested four raiders entered the credit union car park, one armed with a long-armed firearm which was fired across a car, fatally injuring Det Garda Donohoe. The driver of the getaway vehicle was alleged by one witness to have been a woman. There was also evidence that the raiders had a handgun and they left with a sum of cash.