Man jailed for withholding evidence in Garda probe

A man who denied any involvement in the 2011 manslaughter of a teacher and publican was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison for withholding evidence during Garda investigations.

Last February, Marian Lingurar, aged 39, with a former address in Loughgeorge, Claregalway, Co Galway, had gone on trial last February charged with the unlawful killing of John Kenny, 56, at his pub on Main St, Oughterard, on September 25, 2011, contrary to common law.

However, shortly after the trial began, the DPP withdrew the manslaughter charge and accepted a plea of withholding information during the Garda investigation, which would have assisted in the apprehension and subsequent prosecution of another person in connection with Mr Kenny’s death.