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Notorious tiger kidnapper appeals conviction for abducting three women

2022-10-13 · Cavan, Cavan · Court of Appeal

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A man with a last address in Cootehill, County Cavan, has appealed his conviction and 18-year sentence imposed by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in a €92,000 post office robbery in 2014. The appellant was convicted of trespass, false imprisonment of three women, robbery, threatening to kill, and possession of a stolen vehicle following a raid on a home in Malahide and subsequent robbery at Bayside Post Office in Sutton. His legal team submitted ten grounds of appeal against conviction and four against sentence at the Court of Appeal, focusing on the reliability and admissibility of CCTV identification evidence. Counsel argued the footage was insufficient for facial identification and that allowing it before the jury constituted procedural error. The State will respond to these submissions when the appeal resumes on 19 December before Mr Justice John Edwards and two colleagues.

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