How gardaí built their case against Kevin Lunney's kidnappers
(Left to right) Chief Superintendent Alan McGovern and Superintendent Padraic Jones of the Cavan-Monaghan Garda Division leaving the Special Criminal Court today. Photo: Collins Courts
Kevin Lunney spoke slowly and calmly as he described the fear he felt that nobody would come to help as he crawled along a country road, shivering from the cold, with his shin broken, knife wounds to his chest and blood dripping from his face.
Giving his evidence in a matter-of-fact style, he did not embellish or exaggerate. He was not cross-examined at any length; the truth of what he said was proven by the injuries he suffered.
