Christopher Crowe's menacing-message conviction overturned

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Christopher Crowe had his conviction for sending a menacing message overturned by the Court of Appeal on 3 February 2015.

The court allowed his appeal after finding that voice-recording evidence was obtained without safeguards against bias or errors and lacked sufficient cogency. Crowe had been convicted by a jury and sentenced to three years in prison for sending the message to a member of An Garda Siochána.