Prosecution claims Aaron Brady wore Garda Adrian Donohoe shooting like 'badge of honour'

The prosecution in its closing speech told the jury that the accused man Aaron Brady (pictured) told a "litany of lies" to gardaí and to the jury for his own advantage. Pic: Collins Courts

The man accused of murdering Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe "wore the shooting like a badge of honour" when he moved to America and believed he was "beyond the long arm of the law", a barrister has told the Central Criminal Court.

Lorcan Staines SC for the prosecution in his closing speech told the jury that the accused man Aaron Brady is a "skilled and practised liar" who told a "litany of lies" to gardaí and to the jury for his own advantage. He said that when Mr Brady moved to America he used the shooting of Det. Gda Donohoe to "intimidate and curry influence" and talked about it in front of a number of people on different occasions, "sometimes crying, lamenting in drink or bragging with his chest puffed out".