2015-02-03 · Dublin
Appeal court overturns man's conviction for sending menacing message to detective
In 2015 the Court of Appeal set aside Christopher Crowe's conviction for sending a menacing telephone message to Detective Sergeant Denis Smith. Crowe, aged 34, had pleaded not guilty to threatening the detective on 27 November 2008. A jury at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court found him guilty and sentenced him to three years' imprisonment in…