Brian McHugh’s robbery conviction quashed by appeal court

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Brian McHugh had his robbery conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal on 23 March 2018.

The conviction concerned an incident at Swords Road, Santry, on 13 January 2014. The court found the trial unsatisfactory because the defence was forced to call a witness after an agreement with the prosecution, but that witness did not give evidence consistently with an earlier statement. The court rejected a separate argument that the verdicts were inconsistent, but allowed the appeal and quashed the conviction.