Paschal Kelly, aged 57, has failed in his appeal against conviction for a €92,000 post office robbery committed in September 2014. The Court of Appeal dismissed his challenge on all grounds, upholding his 18-year sentence imposed by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in 2018. Kelly, with last addresses in Cootehill, County Cavan, and Castlepollard, County Westmeath, was convicted of offences including false imprisonment, robbery, burglary and threatening to kill three women during the crime. The gang entered the home of postmistress Susan Lawlor in Malahide, bound her, her daughter and a student guest with cable ties, and transported them to Bayside Post Office in Sutton where the robbery occurred. Mr Justice John Edwards upheld the trial judge's admission of CCTV evidence and garda identification testimony, finding the evidence reliable and the conviction safe. Kelly's legal team indicated a sentence appeal remains pending. He has 60 previous convictions including robbery and assault.
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- Tiger kidnapper Paschal Kelly appeals 18-year sentence for post office robbery - BreakingNews.ie BreakingNews.ie · Thu, 13 Oct 2022 07:00:00 GMT
- Man jailed for 18 years over €92k robbery in which three women were abducted from home - The Journal The Journal · Fri, 01 Feb 2019 08:00:00 GMT
- Tiger kidnap boss Kelly will be an OAP by the time he finishes robbery stretch - Irish Independent Irish Independent · Fri, 01 Feb 2019 08:00:00 GMT
- Feared mobster Paschal Kelly jailed over threat to garda - Irish Independent Irish Independent · Sat, 21 Mar 2015 07:00:00 GMT
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