Getaway drivers for Regency Hotel murder sent to prison

Ms Justice Burns said today she didn’t accept the claim their crime was at the lower end of offending as she issued sentence.

Jason Bonney has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years. File picture: Collins Courts

Two men found guilty of acting as getaway drivers for the gang that carried out the notorious Regency Hotel murder have been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years and nine years, respectively.

Both Jason Bonney and Paul Murphy were given headline 10-year sentences at the Special Criminal Court on Friday, with Bonney’s reduced by 18 months and Murphy’s reduced by one year when mitigating factors were taken into account.