Councillor backs priest’s miscarriage of justice claim

A FIANNA FÁIL councillor has backed Holy Cross priest Fr Aidan Troy’s claim that the jailing of Dermot Laide for the manslaughter of Brian Murphy was a miscarriage of justice.

Monaghan County Councillor Brendan Hughes said he believed Dermot Laide should not have been the only person jailed for a crime which evidence showed others had been party to.

"I feel that to be the sole person convicted of manslaughter is a terrible indictment of that young man. There should be others in there (jail).