Kevin Lunney tells sentencing hearing of torment his kidnap and beating had on his family

Mr Lunney said he was "saddened they (his attackers) have ruined their lives by their actions" and he sympathised with their families
Kevin Lunney tells sentencing hearing of torment his kidnap and beating had on his family

Three men were convicted and one acquitted earlier this month of falsely imprisoning, beating and mutilating Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney (pictured).

The physical scars and mental trauma of the kidnap and assault on businessman Kevin Lunney will remain with him and his family for the rest of their lives, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Mr Lunney wrote a victim impact statement for the court which was read out at a sentencing hearing this morning for the three men convicted of abducting him from near his home in Fermanagh and torturing him in a horse trailer in Cavan. Mr Lunney wrote that he thinks every day of the effect the ordeal has on his wife and children, saying: "The anguish they have had to endure is a greater torment to me than the physical pain of the attack."

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