Friends and neighbours of Colm Horkan react to Stephen Silver sentencing

A man has been handed a life sentence for the capital murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan. Stephen Silver, of Foxford, Co. Mayo, shot the detective eleven times during an attempted arrest in Castlerea, Co Roscommon in June 2020. Newstalk reporter Josh Crosbie travelled to Garda Horkan's hometown of Charlestown in Co Mayo to get some local reaction to the sentencing.

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15.30 19 Apr 2023

Friends and neighbours of Colm...

Friends and neighbours of Colm Horkan react to Stephen Silver sentencing

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A man has been handed a life sentence for the capital murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan.

Stephen Silver, of Foxford, Co. Mayo, shot the detective eleven times during an attempted arrest in Castlerea, Co Roscommon in June 2020.

Newstalk reporter Josh Crosbie travelled to Garda Horkan's hometown of Charlestown in Co Mayo to get some local reaction to the sentencing.

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