Adam O’Keefe’s murder conviction appeal dismissed

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Adam O’Keefe’s appeal against his murder conviction was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 28 July 2021.

He was convicted of murdering Amy McCarthy in a squat in Cork City and sentenced to life imprisonment in July 2018.

His appeal argued that the trial judge had not considered intoxication as part of the provocation defence.

The appeal court found no error in how the trial judge addressed provocation, citing two Supreme Court decisions on intoxication.