Overview
- At Dublin’s Criminal Courts of Justice on Wednesday, judges gave Jason Hennessy Jr and Dean Fitzsimons eight and a half years, with Kenneth Fitzsimons receiving eight years, Brandon Hennessy six years to run after his current term, and Devon Hennessy three years.
- Prosecutors said the group lured associate Barry Moore to a house on Sheephill Avenue on February 12 last year, where he was beaten, burned and branded with the word “rat” using a heated cattle iron while facing threats of sexual assault.
- Moore first spoke to gardaí and later refused to testify, which let four defendants plead to assault causing harm instead of false imprisonment and assault causing serious harm.
- The defendants mocked the process in public and in court, with Fitzsimons insulting Judge Paula Murphy and Hennessy Jr shouting at a Garda during a bail hearing.
- The gang had ruled the local drug trade and clashed with rivals, including after the 2023 Browne’s Steakhouse shooting of Jason Hennessy Sr, and the new sentences mark a major blow to its grip on Corduff even as younger associates remain a concern.