Comments on: Brian Kearney Found Guilty

By: helen

helen — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:09:20 +0000

the mclaughlins are mad

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:08:13 +0000

I attended court most days during the trial as a friend of Brians. I am aghast that a jury could find someone guilty on the evidence given to them. Trial by media does seem to be a problem here in ‘Ireland. for instance there were days when I heard all the evidence given, and the following day I would wonder if it was the same trial the papers were reporting on. I do feel very strongly that a defence was not given. Apparantly, if the proscecution case is not strong, the defence does not ‘go after’ the victim..in this case, Siobhans ’state of mind’ was spoken about by the proscecution but not by the defence. the defence thought that there was was not a strong case against Brian Kearney, but yet look what happened ? I do think that the jury did not take long enough to look at all the evidence also.

In the closing by the judge, he should not have used a different christian name. this should be grounds for an instant appeal if not a downright thrown out of the conviction. I will never have faith in the justice system again. One thing that frightened me all through the trial was the feeling that everything was stacked against Brian Kearney. Can someone explain to me the following;- is it ok for the state pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy to give evidence, which I heard in court, and for her then, afterwards to be deep in conversation with two of Siobhans sisters. What if Dr Cassidy was called back again to give more evidence ? She is supposed to be independent. This scared me more than anything.

By: PeterPablo

PeterPablo — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:04:57 +0000

@ Bock > It was in the Trial that 2 sets of pictures where taken and the Jury where shown both set’s .

@ Andrew > I never said there was a direct link between people on Anti-depressants / or people who stayed in mental institues due to depression to them commiting suicide. What i was trying to put across that this alone put doubt over wether Brian murdered Siobhan.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:51:23 +0000

…. Brian didn’t take the stand in his own defense - which is his right. I really don’t know how it’s relevant that Siobhan was in a ‘mental institute’ unless people who’ve been in ‘mental institutes all end up as suicides - which they don’t! Nor do people on anti-depressants all commit suicide. There’s no such think as a perfect justice system.

By: Bock

Bock — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:54:34 +0000

PeterPablo: I don’t know how you can be sure that two sets of pictures were taken.

By: Bock the Robber

Bock the Robber — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:43:06 +0000

Wax: Are you deliberately misreading what I wrote?

By: PeterPablo

PeterPablo — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:29:23 +0000

I knew the family years before Brian was arrested in May 2007 a full 15 months after Siobhan was found in the Spare room of the house. In the initial months afer her death it was considered a Suicide , only after intense pressure from the McLaughlin family did the Gardai look into the file to try some evidence of foul play. This was down to the fact that the McLaughlin’s had a lot of high ranking friends in the Gardai and a friend in the DPP .I was in court for the last few day’s of the trial and listened intently to all the evidence read back by Judge White on Tuesday morning and i have to say there was so many piece’s of evidence that showed that he had nothing to do with this at all … 1) There was no DNA or Finger prints on the flex 2) Siobhan was on anti-depressants for 12 months 3) Siobhan had been certified into St.John of Gods mental institue years before due to depression 4) Siobhan’s sister was pushing for the seperation/divorce 5) The motive as put forward by the DPP was money , but in fact Brian was not a wealthy man at all, yes he owned his own electrical business ( which was in liquadation ) owned his own house ( many people do ) owned a Hotel in Spain ( a massive mortgage on it with 20 odd years left to pay ) so yes it would have been a headache but Brian had gone through a seperation 20 years before and it would not have bothered him in the slightest if he had to do it again 6) There where two sets of pictuers taken at the scene 1 hr apart , in the first set the key was under some of the photo’s and a chair was beside the door way , in the second set the key was on top of the photo’s and the chair had mysteriously been removed from the room.

As far as blatant lies go then yes there where some in this case . One Detective ( who was an ex-lover of Siobhan ) got up and said ” brian did not look emotional ” , ” brian took his time getting to the house” , ” brian said he was in the house when Siobhan died ” . Later on in the trial another detective got up and contradicted his statment saying ” brian was shaking uncontrollable and a doctor was called for on his behalf ” , ” brian arrived at the house 10 minutes after the phone call from Siobhan’s sister ” . But yes Brian did say that he was in the house when Siobhan died but this was in his statement in March 2006 the following day after the tragic loss of his wife , this was said after the gardai had been consistenly saying to him ” you where in the house weren’t you Brian ” , ” you where there when your wife died , wheren’t you Brian ” to which Brian said ” Yes i presume i was in the house when Siobhan died as there where only myself , Siobhan and our 3yr old child in the house that night ” .

So in my opinion Brian is innocent , and even if the motive worked against him that by no means is ” BEYOND ALL RESONABLE DOUBT “

By: wax

wax — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:21:40 +0000

“There are many cases where absolute blatant lies have been presented to the court by police, so don’t be surprised if they present a harmless little inaccuracy.”

You did seem to suggest that someone told lies.

By: Bock

Bock — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:53:41 +0000

Did you notice me saying somebody lied in this case?

By: Nautiman

Nautiman — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:23:00 +0000

The evidence regarding the strength of the electric flex was given by Dr Neal Murphy BE, MEngSc PhD of UCD supported by Dr Michael Norton not the Gardai. Were they blatantly lying?