Garda killer Stephen Silver is to appeal his conviction, we can reveal.
He has told prison officers he was deranged and out of his mind when he took Detective Garda Colm Horkan’s gun and shot him 11 times in June 2020.
Silver claims he can remember little or nothing about the incident in Castlerea, Co Roscommon, and cannot understand why the jury didn’t believe him. The 46-year-old former motorbike mechanic is due to be sentenced to the mandatory 40 years for capital murder next Wednesday following the conviction over a month ago.
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Silver is currently being detained in the special psychiatric unit of Mountjoy Prison while he awaits sentencing.
He has a long history of medical illness. The killer is expected to be moved to Castlerea or the Midlands jail to serve his sentence. A prison source said: “Silver can’t believe he was convicted. He says he was out of his mind that day and doesn’t remember much about the incident.
“He has made it clear since his conviction for capital murder that he will be appealing. He thinks he should be in the hospital not prison and that the jury was very hard on him.”
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