All of the parents of the murderers were ‘well connected’.
Certainly, all legal participants in the court ensured that the evidence against the killers was rendered inadmissible
Quote the parents of Brian Murphy . . .
"The family of the slain teenager Brian Murphy said tonight that the criminal justice system was “in tatters”
and had swung too far in favour of the accused.
Dermot Laide had his four-year sentence for the 18-year-old’s manslaughter overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeal, while Desmond Ryan’s nine-month sentence for violent disorder during the August 2000
incident was also quashed.
The family of the slain teenager Brian Murphy said tonight that the criminal justice system was “in tatters” and had swung too far in favour of the accused.
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