Ireland Named in reporting
Bryan Kennedy
Born 1987, from the ages reported. 10 reports across 2 cases, 6 May 2022 to 2 May 2023
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused, victim
- Born
- 1987, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Soliciting murder, Extortion (demanding money with menaces)
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 10 reports, 6 May 2022 to 2 May 2023
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, thejournal.ie, rte.ie, extra.ie
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Cases
latest first- Man sentenced to two years for extortion in Dublin Extortion (demanding money with menaces) · Co. Dublin
Bryan Kennedy paid Alan Leech, a 38-year-old man from Churchtown, Dublin 14, €8,000 in January 2020 to arrange the murder of two women his wife had met online. When Kennedy failed to pay the outstanding €2,000, Leech sent threatening WhatsApp messages to Kennedy and his wife, including one threatening to carve Kennedy's throat. Leech pleaded guilty to demanding money with menaces on three occasions. Judge Orla Crowe jailed Leech for two years on 2 May 2023, reducing a headline sentence of three years due to mitigating factors including an early guilty plea and expressed remorse.
Sentenced, 2 May 2023Victim · 2 reports - Man jailed for soliciting murder of two Canadian women in Dublin Soliciting murder · Co. Dublin
Bryan Kennedy, a 35-year-old man from Harold's Cross, Dublin, is accused of soliciting the murders of two Canadian women, Stephanie Poirier and Clara Houdebrumette, between 1 October 2019 and 11 January 2020 after discovering his wife had been exchanging intimate messages with them online. He paid €8,000 to a man known as AL, who later blackmailed and threatened him and his family. Kennedy was charged in May 2022, pleaded guilty in July 2022, and was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court in January 2023 to five years' imprisonment with the final six months suspended for six months. He began serving his sentence on 17 April 2023 after the judge deferred custody to allow Tusla to arrange care for his children.
Sentenced, 16 Jan 2023Convicted, accused · 8 reports
Timeline
every report naming Bryan Kennedy, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 2 May2023Man solicited by acquaintance to kill wife’s friends jailed for two yearsvictim, Bryan Kennedy, male, irish (judged from name)Bryan Kennedy
- 2 May2023Man who was solicited by acquaintance to kill wife's friends jailed for two years for extortionvictim, Bryan Kennedy, male, irish (judged from name)Bryan Kennedy
- 17 Apr2023Husband jailed for hiring ‘unhinged’ hitmanconvicted, Bryan Kennedy, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Bryan Kennedy
- 17 Apr2023Man jailed over hiring hitman to kill wife's friendsconvicted, Bryan Kennedy, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Bryan Kennedy
- 16 Jan2023Man who tried to have wife’s online partners killed by hitman jailed for 4.5 yearsaccused, Bryan Kennedy, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Bryan Kennedy
- 16 Jan2023Man sentenced over hiring hitman to kill wife's friendsconvicted, Bryan Kennedy, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Bryan Kennedy
- 2 Nov2022Man Tried To Have Women Killed After Intimate Chats With Wifeaccused, Bryan Kennedy, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Bryan Kennedy
- 1 Nov2022Man pleads guilty to soliciting murder of couple who exchanged intimate messages with his wifeaccused, Bryan Kennedy, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Bryan Kennedy
- 1 Nov2022Man admits hiring hitman to kill two Canadian womenaccused, Bryan Kennedy, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Bryan Kennedy
- 6 May2022Man charged with trying to organise murder of two womenaccused, Bryan Kennedy, 35, male, named, irish (judged from name)Bryan Kennedy
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