Aaron Brady has been found guilty of the capital murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe outside Lordship Credit Union in Co Louth, seven years ago.

Aaron Brady has been found guilty of the capital murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe outside Lordship Credit Union in Co Louth, seven years ago.
The 29-year-old, from New Road, Crossmaglen, Co Armagh, was convicted of the robbery by a unanimous verdict on Monday.
Today the jury reached a majority verdict of 11 to 1 in favour of guilty after 20 hours of deliberations.
Brady had denied being involved in the robbery and shooting claiming he was laundering diesel in South Armagh on the night of 25 January 2013.
He claimed he had been the victim of the media and a Garda campaign and he denied telling two witnesses that he had shot a Garda.
During the lengthy trial the jury heard that four men jumped over a wall surrounding the credit union car park as employees prepared to leave with the day’s takings.
The prosecution alleged that Brady was the gunman who “wore the shooting as a badge of honour” when he moved to the US a few months later where he believed he was “beyond the arm of the law”.
In order to convict Brady of capital murder, the jury had to be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Brady knew he was shooting a Garda on active duty or was reckless as to whether or not he was a Garda.
On the sixth day of deliberations the five men and seven women, returned a verdict of guilty of capital murder.
On Monday, Brady was found guilty of robbing approximately €7,000 in cash and cheques outside the Lordship Credit Union in January 2013.
Mr Justice Michael White thanked the jury saying they had been “exceptional” in continuing to serve on the jury through a life threatening pandemic and he exempted them from further jury service for the rest of their lives.
The court will sit again in 10 minutes to formally impose sentence.