Alan Harte’s Kevin Lunney kidnapping conviction appeal dismissed

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Alan Harte’s conviction appeal over the kidnapping and torture of Kevin Lunney was dismissed by the Court of Appeal, reported on 13 January 2026. Harte was convicted alongside two others and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

The appeal challenged the convictions arising from the September 2019 abduction and assault of Lunney. The Court of Appeal concluded that the trial court had analysed the evidence in detail and made findings open to it; Harte and the other men plan to challenge their sentences.