Man jailed for life for ‘cold and callous’ murder of ‘dissident’ Republican Michael Barr
David Hunter found guilty of
killing ‘dissident’ republican at Sunset House pub in Dublin.
A car thief has been jailed
for life by the non-jury Special Criminal Court for the murder of the Manager
of the Sunset House pub in central Dublin by the Kinahan Cartel.
Liverpool native David Hunter
(42), with an address at Du Cane Road, White City, London, had denied murdering
Michael Barr (35) at the pub in Dublin’s north inner city on the night of April
25th, 2016.
The court found there was
compelling evidence that Hunter was one of the two gunmen who entered the pub
on Summerhill and shot Mr Barr.
In a victim-impact statement
read by prosecution barrister Mr Dominic McGinn SC, Mr Barr’s former partner
Jade O’Shea, who has a child with the deceased, said their six year-old
daughter constantly asks for her father and that since the night he was killed
their lives have been turned upside down.
Mr Barr’s sister Noeleen said
in her statement that her brother was “brutally taken” from his five children
and wider family.
‘Nightmare’
She said that after learning
of Mr Barr’s death on social media she was “found in pieces” on the floor and
described his death as a “nightmare” for the family and his children.
“How can you measure a life in
drugs or money?” she asked.
She said the family had been
through “mental torture” and described her brother as a talented sportsman, a
family man and a gentleman.
Delivering sentence, Mr
Justice Alexander Owens, presiding, sitting with Judge Gerard Griffin and Judge
David McHugh, backdated Hunter’s life-sentence to April 2019, when he was first
arrested on a European Arrest Warrant.
Speaking outside court, Det
Supt Colm Murphy said that the shooting of Mr Barr was a “cold and callous”
murder. He extended his sympathies to the Barr family and said that the garda
investigation into the murder was ongoing.
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