Shooting of Adrian Donohoe

Adrian Donohoe (14 January 1972 – 25 January 2013) was a detective in the Garda Síochána (Irish police) based at Dundalk Garda Station in County Louth, who was fatally shot in Bellurgan (near Jenkinstown, County Louth) on 25 January 2013 during a robbery by an armed gang of five people on a credit union.[1] He was the first Garda officer to be killed in the line of duty since 1996, and was afforded a full state funeral.

Adrian Donohoe
Lordship Credit Union, the site where the attack occurred.
Born14 January 1972
Kilnaleck, County Cavan, Ireland
Died25 January 2013 (aged 41)
Bellurgan, County Louth, Ireland
Police career
DepartmentGarda Síochána
Service years1994–2013 (19 years)
RankDetective Garda
Badge no.26222F

On 4 March 2018 at Dundalk District Court, 27-year-old Aaron Brady from New Road, Crossmaglen, County Armagh, was charged with Donohoe's murder and pleaded not guilty.[2] Brady's trial began at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin on 28 January 2020.[3] After a 9-week hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the trial resumed on 6 May 2020.[4]

On 12 August 2020, Brady was found guilty of the capital murder of Detective Garda Donohoe and will be sentenced to the mandatory term for capital murder of 40 years' imprisonment.[5][6]

Personal life

Adrian Donohoe was born on 14 January 1972 in Kilnaleck, County Cavan to parents Peggy and Hugh Donohoe. He grew up on the family farm with his three brothers - Alan, Colm and Martin, and two sisters - Anne and Mary. He was a keen Gaelic footballer, and at 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) he played midfield for his local club before going on to represent Cavan GAA at Under-21 level.[7] He attended nearby primary and secondary schools before joining the Garda Síochána in 1994. Two of his brothers also joined the force, and he met his future wife Caroline at the Garda Síochána College in Templemore, County Tipperary.

Caroline Donohoe, from County Clare and who also had family members serving with the Gardaí, was stationed with the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) in Dundalk Garda Station - the same building where her husband worked. The couple had two young children, a girl and a boy aged 7 and 6 respectively, at the time of his death.[8] Donohoe was described as a "father figure" in his community, and played and coached for his local GAA club, St Patrick's Gaelic Football Club, on the Cooley Peninsula. He served his entire 19-year career in Dundalk, rising to the rank of detective. The Donohoes lived 4 km away from where the shooting occurred. Both of their children attended Bellurgan National School, directly across the road from the scene of the incident.

Shooting and robbery

Detective Garda Donohoe and his colleague, Detective Garda Joe Ryan, were on a routine two-person cash escort on the evening of Friday, 25 January 2013. Ryan was driving an unmarked police car (a silver Ford Mondeo). Both detectives were wearing civilian clothing and carrying concealed police-issue sidearms (9mm SIG Sauer P226).[9] The Garda Síochána are primarily an unarmed police force. However, certain units of the service, including detective units, are armed, and up to 25% of officers are licensed to carry firearms. The pair were en route to meet local credit union officials at Omeath, Cooley and the Lordship Credit Union in Bellurgan, who would then travel in a three-car convoy to a bank in Dundalk town to lodge takings in a night safe. This was regular practice, following a robbery eighteen months previously when the same credit union had lost €62,000 in cash and cheques. Although nobody had been hurt in the previous raid, a decision was taken to replace the unarmed and uniformed Garda escort provided until that time with armed plain-clothes officers, travelling in unmarked cars.[10]

At 9:30 p.m., after night had fallen, Donohoe and Ryan drove into the car park of the Lordship Credit Union premises and parked there, as did another car that was accompanying them from another credit-union branch. The two vehicles parked beside the car belonging to officials from the Lordship Credit Union. At that moment the driver of a navy-blue Volkswagen Passat that had halted on the hard shoulder of the road drove across and blocked the entrance. Four confederates wearing balaclavas emerged from hiding behind a wall surrounding the car park. Two approached the detectives' car from the rear, and as Donohoe opened his door and stepped out to investigate the blocking of the entrance, he was immediately shot at close range in the back of the head with a long barrelled shotgun. No other shots were fired.[11] Before Detective Garda Ryan could react he was held at gunpoint and ordered out of his car and onto the ground by a number of gang members possessing a shotgun, handgun and hammer. Neither officer had had time to draw his weapon. The raiders then forced their way into the two cars in which credit-union officials were transporting funds; menaced the occupants; but seized a bag containing only €7,000 in cash and cheques, leaving behind a further €27,000.[12] Ryan and the credit-union staff were left physically uninjured as the gang fled the scene, but Ryan was dispossessed of his car keys in an attempt to hinder pursuit. It was only after the perpetrators had escaped that the alarm could be raised.

The emergency services pronounced Donohoe dead shortly after their arrival, despite the frantic efforts of Detective Garda Ryan to save his life.[13] Garda Headquarters deployed all available units in an attempt to catch the fleeing suspects, and alerted the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). However, it is believed that they had escaped to Northern Ireland before the border was secured by police on both sides.[14] The Republic of Ireland-United Kingdom border can be crossed by car in around 10 minutes from the Lordship Credit Union, and neither force is allowed to enter neighbouring territory. A Garda helicopter briefly entered UK airspace with permission during the search. A PSNI helicopter was also deployed during the search in the north.[15]

Investigation

One hour after the fatal incident, a car matching the description of the vehicle used in the credit union hold-up was found burnt-out on Cumsons Road, Newtownhamilton, a remote forested laneway near the villages of Darkley and Keady in south County Armagh in Northern Ireland. The PSNI carried out an extensive technical examination of the car and the surrounding area the following day. This area became a focus of the investigation. The vehicle, a graphite navy blue 2008 Dublin-registered automatic Volkswagen Passat, was linked by detectives to the murder. It was confirmed that it had been stolen from the Clogherhead area of County Louth earlier the same week, between 11:30 pm on Tuesday, 22 January and 4:30 am on Wednesday, 23 January.[16] Gardaí and the PSNI believe another getaway car was used to collect those involved in the crime, and that more than five persons in total were involved.

A full forensic examination was carried out at the scene over three days by the Garda Technical Bureau, assisted by the Divisional Scenes of Crime Unit. The Divisional Search Team was called in to search the vicinity of the scene. The hammer used by the raiders to break the window of one of the credit-union cars was recovered.[17]

A post-mortem on the body of Donohoe took place at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda by the State Pathologist, Professor Marie Cassidy of the State Pathologist's Office, who also visited the scene.[18]

As is standard practice when a garda loses his or her life, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) was notified, and their officials also visited the scene.

Then-Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan (who retired in March 2014) attended a case conference at Dundalk Garda Station on the weekend after Donohoe's death, where an incident room was established for the duration of the investigation. Commissioner Callinan announced the allocation of 150 senior detectives to the case. National specialist units were assigned to the investigation, including the Special Detective Unit (SDU), National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NBCI) and Organised Crime Unit (OCU). The force's armed intervention teams - Emergency Response Unit (ERU) and Regional Support Unit (RSU) - were placed on alert in the aftermath.[19]

In the early stages, more than 1,000 Garda officers participated in the inquiry, making it one of the largest criminal investigations ever undertaken in the history of the state.[20] Gardaí established that five males had been involved in the shooting and robbery itself, belonging to a larger criminal gang operating in the border region.[21] Those responsible were believed to have fled to Northern Ireland after the killing, and remained there for some weeks. The leader of the five-man gang and main suspect for the murder was identified as a young man from the Crossmaglen area of south Armagh. It is understood he was known to Detective Donohoe, providing a possible motive for his murder. However, Donohoe had not been scheduled to take part in the escort, instead agreeing shortly beforehand to substitute for the officer originally detailed for the task.[22]

In late February, over a month after Donohoe died, Gardaí held a press briefing at the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) Headquarters in Harcourt Street, Dublin City. A renewed appeal for information was made, and two replica exhibits of evidence were shown to the media for the first time. A precision panel beating hammer with a black rubber handle, a red-painted section and a soft rubber head was found at the scene, and police asked the public for help in tracing its origins. Similar mallets are used by panel beaters or mechanics repairing motorcycles. A distinctive green "Cosatto" high-backed children's car booster seat carrying a "Little Monster" motif as well as a graphic of a monster had been in the car used by the gang when it was stolen. No trace of it could be found in the burnt-out vehicle. The child car seat - suitable for babies and young children - cost €119 new, and may have been dumped, offered for sale or given as a gift.[23]

In mid-April, Gardaí and the PSNI informed the public that the investigation teams were looking for information in relation to a white Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) that had been parked on the Shean Road, Forkhill, Armagh in Northern Ireland around 9.45 p.m. on the night Donohoe lost his life. The white lorry may have broken down, and a number of people were reportedly seen around the vehicle. The two police forces added that they wanted to speak to anyone who owned the lorry, had recovered or serviced it, or anyone who saw any activity of this nature on the Shean Road on the night of 25 January.[24]

One year after the murder of Detective Donohoe, the Garda Commissioner visited Dundalk Garda Station, and provided an update on the progress of the murder inquiry. Martin Callinan reiterated his commitment to bringing those responsible for the crime to justice, and revealed the international dimensions to the case, involving police forces and law enforcement agencies from the United Kingdom, Netherlands, United States and Australia, as well as Europol and Interpol. The Commissioner praised the PSNI for its involvement in the investigation. By the anniversary of Donohoe's death, more 4,000 investigative tasks had been undertaken, 4,000 "structured" lines of enquiry were pursued, 2,100 statements had been taken, more than 800 people interviewed, 400,000 hours of CCTV reviewed (the equivalent to 45 man-years), 1,200 exhibits of evidence gathered and more than 30 searches carried out under warrants.[25]

Callinan's successor as Garda Commissioner, Nóirín O'Sullivan, reiterated her confidence in April 2014 that Donohoe's murderers would be brought to justice.[26] The investigation into the murder was more than 10 times the size of usual homicide investigations.[27]

Aftermath

The death of Adrian Donohoe was strongly condemned by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins and the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. Cabinet ministers in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland also spoke out against the crime. Minister for Justice Alan Shatter said that those responsible for the murder had planned it, knew that there would be police attending the credit union for an escort, and that the officers were ambushed. He warned that the perpetrators would each face the mandatory 40 years in prison for killing a garda, regardless of who fired the shot, if they did not turn themselves in. Commissioner Callinan vowed to hunt down and apprehend the killers. The PSNI, under Chief Constable Matt Baggott, pledged their full cooperation and support to bring the murderers to justice.[28]

Throughout the island of Ireland, members of the public expressed shock and outrage over what was described as a "national tragedy". The most recent Garda to be shot dead serving the state was Detective Garda Jerry McCabe in June 1996, killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in County Limerick. His widow, Anne McCabe, spoke of her sympathy for the Donohoe family, and retired Detective Garda Ben O'Sullivan, who had been shot during the same incident as Jerry McCabe but survived the attack, signed a book of condolence for the family, friends and colleagues of the fallen officer.[29]

Irish television programme Crimecall aired on RTÉ in February 2013. Superintendent David Taylor from the Garda Press Office appealed to the public for their help in solving the case.[30] A Facebook tribute to Donohoe amassed more than 40,000 signatures within days of the killing. The Irish League of Credit Unions offered a reward of €50,000 for information leading to arrests and prosecutions in the investigation.[31] This reward was added to by Crimestoppers, which promised a "substantial, five-figure sum" for information a month after the incident.[32]

On 18 May 2013, the family of Adrian Donohoe were presented with a special Garda remembrance medal in his honour. The medal was awarded to his widow, Caroline, during the annual Garda Memorial Day commemoration service held at Dublin Castle. The ceremony honoured all 87 members of the Gardaí who, to that point, had been killed in the line of duty.[33]

Donohoe was posthumously awarded in September 2013 a People of the Year Award for his bravery. The award was presented in Citywest, Dublin by GAA personality Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, and was accepted by Caroline Donohoe. She spoke of Adrian as "the love of my life" and "the best father that any child could have", adding "I will miss him every minute of every day as long as I live".[34]

Funeral

Detective Garda Donohoe was given a full state funeral on 30 January 2013. The funeral mass took place at St Joseph's Redemptorist Church in Dundalk, and he was buried at Lordship Cemetery. An estimated 5,000 people, which included 3,500 Gardaí (2,500 uniformed and 1,000 in plainclothes) and 1,500 members of the locality and further afield, attended. More lined the route as the procession made its way to the graveyard. Among those in attendance were President Michael D. Higgins, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, Minister for Justice Alan Shatter and several senior government ministers, Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan, Irish Defence Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Sean McCann, Cardinal Seán Brady, Northern Ireland Secretary of State Theresa Villiers, Northern Ireland Justice Minister David Ford and PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott. Fr Michael Cusack presided over the mass. Donohoe's colleague Joe Ryan was a pall-bearer.[35]

Police inquiries

In late February 2013, six pre-planned searches were carried out in the Dundalk area by Gardaí investigating the murder. Two men - a father and son in their 70s and 30s - were detained under terrorism legislation (Offences against the State Acts 1939–1998) and held at Drogheda Garda Station, where they could be detained for a period of 7 days without charge.[36] A Garda spokesperson said that the arrests targeted criminal and subversive activity in the area, and were not directly related to the killing.[37] Both suspects were released two days later, and a file was sent forward to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) pending possible charges. The men were suspected of running a vehicle-theft ring, supplying stolen cars to other criminals. It was that the car used in Garda Donohoe's murder may have originated from this illegal operation.[38]

In the first week of April 2013, more planned raids were carried out by Gardaí in County Louth. Detectives seized mobile phones and laptop computers from a property in Hackballscross, Dundalk and recovered firearms, explosives and illegal drugs during another raid at a premises in Kilsaran, Castlebellingham. No arrests were made, but the teams involved in the searches were investigating criminal elements operating in the border regions between County Louth and County Armagh, including the gang said to be responsible for Donohoe's murder. Significant forensic examinations took place following the searches in both locations.[39]

Also in April, heavily armed members from the PSNI Special Operations Branch (C4) raided four houses in south County Armagh and seized mobile phones and documents, as well as other material destined for forensic examination. Senior officers informed journalists that the searches had been intelligence-led, and were focused on suspected criminals or associates of members of the gang believed to have been responsible for the murder of Donohoe. No one was detained during the four searches, but officers said that the operation's primary objective was to gather evidence.[40] Follow-up operations to the PSNI seizures were carried out a number of weeks later south of the border by Gardaí. Several search warrants were executed by investigators in the Carlingford area of Louth.[41]

The following month, numerous searches were undertaken by Gardaí in the town of Faughart, near Dundalk. Investigating detectives were backed up by the Emergency Response Unit, Regional Support Unit, National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Garda Stolen Motor Vehicle Investigation Unit, Divisional Search Team and the Divisional Scenes of Crime Unit. The Garda Press Office did not disclose any results of the searches, citing "operational reasons".[42]

Suspects

Five main suspects were identified by Gardaí and the PSNI in the course of the investigation, all of whom were suspected of being present during the raid.[43] All five suspects were classified as young males from either side of the Louth-Armagh border, part of a larger criminal gang of 15-20 people, with connections through their family and acquaintances to dissident republican paramilitary and terror organisations. A number of the suspects had previous convictions, as well as being implicated in other criminal investigations. Police officers from the Republic and Northern Ireland established the identity of the suspect who fired the fatal shot, understood to be the leader of the five-man gang, as a male in his early 20s, and who grew up in Crossmaglen, County Armagh, with strong links to the Crossmaglen Rangers Gaelic Athletic Club.[44] The gang also included a pair of brothers. None of the five main suspects were initially arrested. Such was the nature of the crime that any suspect charged with murder or conspiracy to commit murder of a serving member of the Garda Síochána would be tried in the non-jury Special Criminal Court in Dublin, facing a sentence of 40 years imprisonment in the maximum-security Portlaoise Prison in the event of conviction.[45]

It emerged that a number of the suspects made prepared statements to police on both sides of the border, with their legal representatives present, in the weeks after the murder. They were then questioned under caution by the authorities.[46] As the suspects lived and travelled between the Republic and Northern Ireland, the possibility existed that extraditions would have to be sought to bring those responsible to justice in the Republic of Ireland.[47]

In March 2013, the prime suspect in the unlawful killing of Donohoe, Aaron Brady, fled to the United States.[48] No legal impediment prevented him from doing so, inasmuch as there was no warrant for his arrest. However, Brady's flight caused him to fail to appear before a court in Ireland to answer charges against him dating before the killing at Bellurgan. Once he landed in the US, security services were made aware of his presence by the Gardaí. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were furnished with Brady's details, and the United States Marshals Service (USMS) was tasked with tracking his whereabouts.[49] Garda detectives also flew to the US, to help authorities trace the movements of Brady, who had been admitted for a short-term tourism visit.

Another accomplice is understood to have fled to Boston in April, before reuniting with Brady in New York. In September, Brady's girlfriend Jessica King - who herself became the subject of investigation after she provided a false alibi for him when questioned by the PSNI - also travelled to New York. U.S. authorities monitored the movements of both.[50]

In December 2013, Brady and another suspect were questioned in New York and provided statements to senior detectives from the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Both refused to answer questions but, under U.S. law, were required to provide written witness statements before being released without charge.[51] Two other male suspects in the murder case travelled to Australia, one in April 2013 and the other two months later, in an attempt to avoid prosecution. The first man later continued on to the U.S. (who then later fled to the US) and one in June 2013, in an attempt to avoid prosecution. A team of detectives from the Gardaí travelled to Sydney in January 2014, and one of the suspects was forced to provide a witness statement to the authorities.[52] It was reported that when his visa expired, he would be deported if he failed to leave the country of his own accord. Police in Australia were said to be monitoring his movements.[53]

The fifth suspect, a man in his early twenties, remained in County Down in Northern Ireland. He has been questioned by the PSNI about his involvement in the crime. He has since been prosecuted in connection with rape.[54]

In October 2016, the fiancée of one of the suspected killers was arrested by police in the US on immigration offences after Gardai sought an extradition request to have her brought back to Ireland to be charged before a court.[55][56] She was deported to Ireland in January.

2017 US Arrest

On Thursday, 18 May 2017, Aaron Brady was detained in New York by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for unlawfully remaining and working in the United States, where he had married a local woman and fathered a child. He was deported back to Ireland. Unlike extradition proceedings, deportations are implemented relatively quickly. The arrest was made as a result of a targeted investigation involving Irish and US law enforcement. U.S. police were tracking Brady's movements on behalf of Gardai. The US Embassy in Dublin confirmed that there had been close cooperation involving Gardai and US authorities on the matter for "some time". Senior Garda officers described the development as highly significant.[57]

Brady was arrested and brought before a judge in Ireland after failing to turn up in court for sentencing following a previous conviction for dangerous driving. He was sentenced to twelve months in prison.[58] It was reported that a former associate of his, who is currently living in Ireland, had been assisting investigating detectives with their inquiries.[59]

2018 Dublin, Dundalk arrests

Having completed his dangerous-driving sentence, Brady was arrested on the evening of his release from Wheatfield Prison on 25 February 2018 and brought to Dundalk Garda Station, where he was questioned for a period of 7 days.[60][61] His period of detention was extended after gardai made an application to the District court. On Monday, 26 February 2018, a second man in his 50s was arrested in Dundalk and was detained at Balbriggan Garda Station.[62] He was later released and a file was prepared for the DPP.

Brady was charged on March 4, 2018, at a special sitting of Dundalk District Court with the murder of Detective Garda Donohoe in the course of the latter's duty.[63] Detective Inspector Pat Marry said that when the charge was put to Brady he said: "I strongly deny any involvement in the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe." He was remanded in custody to appear before Cloverhill District Court on 9 March.[63]

There was a heavy Garda presence at the court where a large number of members of the public gathered and members of the US Department of Homeland Security were in attendance.[63] According to media reports, the rest of the suspected gang members are currently in the US, Australia and Northern Ireland and thousands of lines of inquiry are being pursued.[64] Gardai have vowed to pursue those involved "to the ends of the earth".[65]

Brady found guilty

On Monday, 10 August 2020, Brady was found guilty of robbing approximately €7,000 in cash and cheques outside Lordship Credit Union in County Louth in 2013.[66] His conviction of the capital murder of Detective Garda Donohoe followed two days later. He will be sentenced to the mandatory term for capital murder of 40 years' imprisonment. Should he receive the maximum remission possible for good behaviour while in prison, he will be released no earlier than August 2050.[67][68]

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