THREE young men who viciously stamped on the head of gangland assassin Tristan Sherry and repeatedly stabbed him after he had shot criminal Jason Hennessy in a busy restaurant on Christmas Eve have all been found GUILTY of murder.
Michael Andrecut, 23, David Amah, 19, and Noah Moseumi, 18, face mandatory life sentences when they are sentenced at the Special Criminal Court in April.
Jonas Kabangu, 19, Diarmuid O’Brien, 18, and Jason Hennessy’s son Brandon, 21, were all convicted of violent disorder on the same night.
Sherry was savagely beaten and stabbed to death after he entered Browne’s Steakhouse in Blanchardstown on December 24, 2023 and opened fire.
Hennessy, 48, was hit during the shooting and died 11 days later in hospital.
A second gunman fled the scene and was never tracked down.
In a lengthy judgement today, presiding judge Kerida Naidoo said Andrecut was “considered and relatively composed” as he stamped on Sherry, kicked him in the head and beat him with an iron bar.
He added: “He even paused to take a picture of him with a mobile phone as he lay on the ground.”
CCTV footage showed Amah, who was 17 at the time, also “repeatedly stamped and kicked” the gunman’s head before continuously “striking him with a chair”.
Musueni, the court said, “initially helped to remove Jason Hennessy Snr from the scene but let go of him before stamping on Sherry three times with his right leg.
“He then took something from a table, crouched down and stabbed Sherry with a knife that was considered and relatively composed.”
He also stamped on Sherry and kicked him in the head, stabbed him repeatedly using a knife, beat him with an iron bar and struck him with a chair.
Judge Naidoo said the actions of all three men were “considered, composed and showed they had not lost any self-control.”
The court said on this basis it did not agree with the defence claims that they were provoked and were justified in their actions because they felt their lives were under threat at a time when Sherry had been disarmed, was lying on the ground and didn’t pose a threat to them or anyone else.
The case was adjourned for mention until March 10 before the a sentence hearing takes place on April 7. Probation reports were ordered for Amah and Museuni because they were under the age of 18 at the time of the murder.
