A man who was arrested in Spain after he failed to show up at his trial in Dublin for the murder of Peter Butterly pleaded guilty this morning at the Special Criminal Court.
Dean Evans, 27, of Grange Park Rise, Raheny, Dublin replied, "guilty" when read the charge of murdering Mr Butterly, 35, who was shot dead outside The Huntsman Inn, Gormanstown, Co Meath, on 6 March 2013.
Justice Isobel Kennedy remanded Evans in custody until a hearing on 31 July when he will be given the mandatory sentence of life in prison.
Evans is the third person facing a life sentence for Mr Butterly's murder after the Special Criminal Court convicted 36-year-old Edward McGrath of Land Dale Lawns, Springfield, Tallaght, and 48-year-old Sharif Kelly of Pinewood Green Road, Balbriggan last year.
Three other men are due to go on trial later this year on the same charge.
They are Kevin Braney, 43, with a last address at Glenshane Crescent, Tallaght, Michael McDermott, 58, of Riverdale House, Garrymore, Ballinagh, Co Cavan, and Frank Murphy, 58, of McDonough Caravan Park, Triton Road, Bettystown, Co Meath.
Evans was due to go on trial in January 2017, but failed to show up.
He was arrested in Spain last April after Irish authorities issued a European Arrest Warrant. He consented to his surrender and was arrested on his arrival at Dublin Airport.
