Man acquitted of role in attempted armed robbery

A man accused of taking part in an attempted armed robbery in which a raider was shot dead has been acquitted by direction of the trial judge.

Darren Keane (aged 25) and his co-accused John Boylan (aged 25) were alleged to have been the “lookout and getaway” men in the attempted robbery of a cash in transit van. One of the raiders, Garreth Molloy, was fatally wounded during a shoot out with gardaí.