Court reports mentioning Robert O'Leary

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2023-07-28

State facing compensation bill as conviction of 'Arthur Daley' car salesman for IRA membership declared a miscarriage of justice

Stage: Appeal

Finding: Found guilty

Outcome: Found guilty; Mr O'Leary, of Clancy Road, Finglas, Dublin, was jailed for three years following a Special Criminal Court trial in October 2020 in which he was found guilty by the non-jury court of being a member of a group styling itself as the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Óglaigh na hÉireann, at a location within the State in August 2019. He also said he was "totally innocent" of any wrongdoing saying: "I know nothing about any IRA operations, all I did was sell the car." After his successful appeal, Mr O'Leary called for an end to the Special Criminal Court after describing the ordeal of being "jailed for a crime I did not commit" by the non-jury court as "horrific".

2022-01-11

IRA conviction quashed after criminal past of key witness emerges

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Not guilty

Outcome: He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in October 2020 by Mr Justice Tony Hunt. Kasapi, according to the defence, had pleaded guilty to two counts of being in possession of a quantity of drugs for sale or supply at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in May 2016 and was sentenced to two years and six months' imprisonment.