Was This Murderer Mind Controlled Or Just A Filthy Low Life Psychopath?
National News Home
By Sorcha Griffith
Saturday June 24 2006
A JUDGE paid tribute yesterday to the bravery of two witnesses whose evidence got a cold-blooded killer jailed for life. Bernard Dempsey shot dead former kick boxing champion James Curran in a crowded pub.
Bernard Kinsella and Mary Kennedy witnessed the murder and their evidence was crucial in securing the conviction.
Mary Kennedy's identification was particularly valuable - she is Dempsey's sister. Dempsey (48) from Golden Lane, Dublin, had denied murdering Curran (42) in the pub on April 3, 2005.
The jury of ten men and two women returned a unanimous guilty verdict in the Central Criminal Court.Mr Justice Paul Carney, imposed the mandatory life sentence, saying this was the third murder he had seen where somebody undisguised in a pub put a bullet into somebody else's head in front of a crowd.
He said that due to the bravery of witnesses in two out of the three cases, those responsible for the murders were successfully convicted.
See the rest of the story here:
http://tinyurl.com/3tfde6
<< Home