James Flynn, with an address in Ravensglen, Newry, Co Down was originally charged with a wider conspiracy to steal cars at various locations in the North East.

Aaron Brady is already serving a life sentence for murdering Det Garda Adrian Donohoe

The jury found that Aaron Brady was the man who shot Det Gda Donohoe in the head from close range.

Brady is serving a life sentence with a 40-year minimum having been found guilty of murdering Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe

Daniel Cahill would eventually tell Aaron Brady's trial that Brady confessed to him on at least three occasions that he had shot a garda.

Dean Byrne may make a number of admissions to the Special Criminal Court on Wednesday that will shorten his trial

Brady's trial, in which he is accused of perverting the course of justice, was due to begin on Monday

Mr Justice Tony Hunt said Mr Brady had published a "tendentious and offensive" online video accusing a garda of committing perjury and contempt of court

The Court of Appeal is hearing an appeal by counsel Aaron Brady over his conviction for the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe

Aaron Brady's counsel raised concerns over the manner in which a key witness gave evidence from New York during the initial trial due to the outbreak of Covid-19

Brady, who was jailed in 2020 for a minimum of 40 years for the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, is bidding to overturn his conviction in a six-day hearing before the Court of Appeal.

Brady's counsel claimed it was not normal for jurors to come and work in a courtroom of 31 people when there was a "deadly disease out there"

Brendan Treanor and James Flynn were acquitted over the 2013 robbery during which Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was shot dead

Armagh man James Flynn has been convicted of stealing a car that is alleged to have been used in the robbery of Lordship Credit Union

Counsel for one of the accused, James Flynn, began his closing arguments on Thursday

Sean Guerin SC began his closing speech to the non-jury court on Wednesday

Lorcan Staines SC completed his lengthy closing speech to the three-judge, non-jury court this afternoon in the trials of two men accused of a series of creeper burglaries and of participating in the fatal robbery at Lordship Credit Union in January 2013.

Tony Brady has attended most of the trial of James Flynn and Brendan Treanor, who are accused of conspiring with Mr Brady's son to commit burglaries in 2012 and 2013

The Special Criminal Court is hearing closing arguments in the case of two men accused of conspiring to commit a series of "creeper burglaries" and taking part in the fatal robbery

Following the close of the prosecution case, lawyers for Brendan Treanor and James Flynn asked the three-judge, non-jury Special Criminal Court to dismiss the conspiracy to commit burglary charges.

The prosecution claimed a tattoo on Breadan Teanor's back amounts to "almost a glorification" of the robbery during which Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was killed

The case has been adjourned until April 18th

Brendan Treanor (34) and James Flynn (32) are charged with the robbery of €7,000 at Lordship Credit Union in Bellurgan, Co Louth, on January 25th, 2013

Charlene O'Callaghan, the former girlfriend of Brendan Treanor, gave evidence at the non-jury court on Tuesday

A close-up photograph of a large tattoo drawn across Brendan Treanor's upper back was displayed today on several screens in the three-judge court

A credit union volunteer also became emotional today as she told the Special Criminal Court of the moment a robber smashed the driver's window of her car outside Lordship credit union

Lawyers for Brendan Treanor and James Flynn had asked the non-jury court to separate the charges to avoid hearing evidence they said prejudices their clients

Sean Guerin SC, defending Brendan Treanor, said the burglaries have "no connection whatsoever" to the Lordship Credit Union robbery in which the detective was shot and killed

Lorcan Staines SC, who is prosecuting two men alleged to have been part of the conspiracy to commit burglaries, said the group of men engaged in a particular type of burglary, known as a "creeper burglary", at homes throughout Ireland.

The two men on trial, James Flynn and Brendan Treanor, are also accused of conspiring to commit a series of "creeper burglaries"

Ruling on James Flynn's bail application on Friday, Ms Justice Tara Burns said the three-judge court could not accept that the applicant was "anything but a flight risk"

James Flynn (31) faces two charges of robbery and conspiracy to commit burglaries

A man is due in court today, charged in connection with the robbery at Lordship Credit Union in 2013.

A man charged with the robbery at Lordship Credit Union in which Det Gda Adrian Donohoe was shot dead has been refused bail