A Mayo man has been handed a life sentence for the capital murder of Garda Colm Horkan.
Detective Colm Horkan was shot dead with his own gun while to tried to arrest Stephen Silver in Castlerea, County Roscommon in June 2020.
Silver (46), from Foxford in Co. Mayo, had claimed he was suffering from a mental disorder at the time, however he was convicted of capital murder at a retrial.
In his victim impact statement, Detective Horkan’s father, Marty, described his son as “reliable and honest” and he said he was proud of the gentleman he became.
Because he killed a Garda in the course of his duties, Stephen Silver will spend at least forty years in prison.
