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2026-06-30 · Cavan
Three men, Alan Harte, Alan O'Brien, and Darren Redmond, who were found guilty of false imprisonment and intentionally causing harm to Kevin Lunney, have appealed their sentences, arguing they were excessive and out of kilter with comparator cases. Harte was sentenced to 30 years in prison, O'Brien received a 25-year sentence, and Redmond was…
2026-01-13 · Dublin
Three men convicted of the kidnap and torture of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney have had their conviction appeals dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Alan Harte, Alan O'Brien, and Darren Redmond, all from East Wall, Dublin, were found guilty by the Special Criminal Court in 2021 of false imprisonment and intentionally causing harm…
2025-07-28 · Ballinagh, Cavan
Alan Harte, aged 43, is serving a 30-year sentence imposed by the Special Criminal Court for the kidnapping and torture of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney at a yard in Ballinagh, County Cavan in September 2019. At the Court of Appeal, Harte's legal team argued that his conviction by the non-jury court was unconstitutional on two…
2025-03-11 · Ballinagh, Cavan
The Court of Appeal heard submissions on whether to uphold convictions against three men jailed for the kidnap and torture of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney. Sean Guerin SC, for the Director of Public Prosecutions, argued that the case rested on sound circumstantial evidence assessed in its totality, and urged the court to…
2025-02-04 · Ballinagh, Cavan
Alan Harte, who is serving a 30-year sentence for the false imprisonment and assault of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney in County Cavan in September 2019, has been ordered to pay the State's costs following the dismissal of his appeal at the Court of Appeal. Harte had challenged the High Court's refusal to judicially review the…
2025-01-20 · Ballinagh, Cavan
A man serving a 30-year sentence for the kidnapping and torture of a Quinn Industrial Holdings director has failed in his Court of Appeal challenge against a refusal to extend time for seeking judicial review of his non-jury trial. Alan Harte was convicted in the Special Criminal Court of falsely imprisoning and causing serious harm to Kevin…
2024-12-18 · Cavan
Three men convicted of the kidnap and torture of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney have had their appeal adjourned for three months by the Court of Appeal. Alan Harte (43), Alan O'Brien (43) and Darren Redmond (30), all from East Wall, Dublin, sought to overturn their December 2022 convictions for false imprisonment and…
2024-12-17 · Cavan
Three men convicted of the kidnapping and torture of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney have appealed their sentences at the Court of Appeal, arguing that crucial DNA evidence from a Renault Kangoo van should not have been admitted at trial. Alan Harte, Alan O'Brien, and Darren Redmond were convicted in December 2022 of false…
2024-12-16 · Cavan
Three men convicted of the kidnapping and torture of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney have appealed their convictions at the Court of Appeal. Alan Harte (43), Alan O'Brien (43), and Darren Redmond (30), all from East Wall, Dublin, were sentenced in December 2022 following trial at the Special Criminal Court. Harte received 30 years…
2024-11-07 · Ballinagh, Cavan
Alan Harte, a career criminal serving a 30-year sentence for the kidnap and torture of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney, appealed to the Court of Appeal regarding a refusal to grant him more time to seek a review of the State's decision to try him in the non-jury Special Criminal Court. Harte was convicted of falsely imprisoning…
2022-03-21 · Ballinagh, Cavan
The High Court has directed that an application by Alan Harte, who was convicted of kidnapping and torturing Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney, must be served on the Director of Public Prosecutions. Harte, aged 41, was sentenced to thirty years imprisonment by the Special Criminal Court in 2022 for the offence committed in…
2022-02-21 · Ballinagh, Cavan
A man convicted at the Special Criminal Court of kidnapping and assaulting a Quinn Industrial Holdings director has launched a High Court challenge against his conviction and 30-year sentence. Alan Harte claims that Section 40 of the 1939 Offences Against the State Act breaches his constitutional rights by preventing disclosure of whether his…
2022-01-18 · Dublin
The High Court has lifted a naming ban on Alan Harte, allowing the media to identify him following his sentencing. Harte, 40, pleaded not guilty to charges of false imprisonment and intentionally causing serious harm to Kevin Lunney at Drumbrade, Ballinagh, Co Cavan, on September 17, 2019. On December 20, Mr Justice Tony Hunt sentenced Harte to…
2021-04-29 · Dublin
Alan Harte's second murder trial collapsed at the Central Criminal Court after the Director of Public Prosecutions entered a nolle prosequi, dropping the charge. Harte, 40, had pleaded not guilty to the alleged murder of Anthony Rogers at Robinson's Court, Cork Street, Dublin 8, on November 6, 2016. The prosecution withdrew the case following…
2021-04-19 · Dublin
In the Central Criminal Court trial of Alan Harte, 40, who is charged with murdering wheelchair user Anthony Rogers, 61, a neighbour, Sharon Farrell, gave evidence describing how she found Rogers lying on the floor of his own apartment with blood everywhere after hearing him scream for help. Farrell said she was walking to her flat at Robinson's…
2021-04-14 · Dublin
A 40‑year‑old man, Alan Harte, will stand trial for the murder of Anthony Rogers, 61, who was killed at Rogers' Dublin 8 home on 6 November 2016. Harte, who lives at Island Quay Apartments, East Wall, was charged with the killing at Robinson's Court, Cork Street. He appeared before the Central Criminal Court on 14 April 2021, wearing a blue shirt…
2015-04-24
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions to review the sentence of Alan Harte, finding it was not unduly lenient. Harte, 34, had pleaded not guilty to the murder of his friend Peter Gunn in January 2009 but admitted assisting in the disposal of Gunn's body. A jury found him not guilty of murder but…
2014-05-19 · Dublin
Alan Harte, aged 33, was found not guilty of murdering Peter Gunn, 28, on 4 January 2009. However, he was convicted of assisting in the disposal of Gunn's body. After the murder, Harte and friends left a bar at 2:30 am, returned to a flat being house‑sat by Kastriot Boza, and later helped transport Gunn's body to a location nine miles away in…
2014-04-10 · Dublin
A 33‑year‑old Dublin man, Alan Harte, was found not guilty of murdering his friend Peter Gunn, a 28‑year‑old who was stabbed to death in 2009. Harte was convicted of impeding the prosecution after he admitted helping to dispose of Gunn's body at Dunsoughly Lane. The trial, held at the Central Criminal Court, heard that Harte, Gunn and two other…
2014-04-07 · Dublin
During a murder trial, the resident of a flat where a killing occurred returned from holidays to find his meat knife missing and his carpet replaced. The case concerns Alan Harte, 33, charged with murdering his friend Peter Gunn, 28, on 4 January 2009 in Cabra Park, Cabra, Dublin. Harte, who lives at Clareville Grove in Glasnevin but is from East…
2014-04-03 · Dublin
In a Dublin murder trial, Alan Harte, aged 32, pleaded not guilty to the stabbing death of Peter Gunn, 28, on 4 January 2009 in Cabra Park. Harte, who lives in Clareville Grove, Glasnevin, claims that a prosecution witness, Kastriot Boza, was the one who killed Gunn after a confrontation about Harte's uncle. Boza testified that he saw Harte stab…
2014-04-02 · Dublin
A 32‑year‑old Dublin man, Alan Harte, is on trial for the murder of his friend Peter Gunn, aged 28, who was stabbed in the chest on 4 January 2009 in Cabra Park. A witness, Kastriot Boza, 41, testified that he and the two men had been drinking in a city pub early that morning. Boza described a confrontation in which Harte allegedly used a…
2014-04-01 · Dublin
The Central Criminal Court adjourned the murder trial of a 32‑year‑old Dublin man, Alan Harte, who is charged with killing 29‑year‑old Peter Gunn on about 4 January 2009 in Cabra Park. Harte, who lives at Clareville Grove, Glasnevin, pleaded not guilty. Judge Patrick McCarthy postponed the trial for a day for legal reasons; it will resume…
2014-03-31 · Dublin
A 32‑year‑old Dublin man, Alan Harte of Clareville Grove, Glasnevin, pleaded not guilty to the murder of 29‑year‑old Peter Gunn on or about 4 January 2009 in Cabra Park, Cabra. Harte, who is from the East Wall area, is charged with the killing that allegedly followed a stabbing in a flat in Cabra Park. He was arraigned before the Central Criminal…