The only man convicted of the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin has been refused parole and will spend another Christmas in prison.
Brian Meehan (56) was jailed in December 1999 for murdering the Sunday Independent crime writer on June 26, 1996.
He was an integral part of the hit team that shot the 36-year-old mother of one as she drove from Naas to Dublin following a court case.
Meehan, from Stannaway Road in Crumlin, was riding the black Kawasaki motorbike that pulled alongside her red Opel car before Patrick ‘Dutchy’ Holland opened fire on her through the driver’s window.
He was arrested in Amsterdam in October 1997 and fought his extradition back to Ireland for 10 months, but was jailed for life for the murder by the Special Criminal Court. He was also jailed on drugs and firearms charges.
