Murder accused Kevin Braney acquitted on related firearm charges

A man accused of murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly has been acquitted on related firearm charges by direction of judges at the Special Criminal Court.

Kevin Braney (44), of Glenshane Crescent, Tallaght, Dublin 24 has pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Butterly nearly six years ago. The father-of-two was chased and shot dead outside The Huntsman Inn in Gormanston in view of students waiting for their school bus on the afternoon of March 6, 2013.