Stephen Silver had a “seething resentment” toward gardaí and when opportunity presented itself he grabbed it, literally, with both hands, shooting Garda Colm Horkan 11 times with his own gun as the officer lay helpless on the ground.
Stg Michael O'Hara said defendant Stephen Silver told him: “I didn’t know what he was going to do to me so I just grabbed the gun from him and I shot him.”…