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Notorious tiger kidnapper Paschal Kelly to remain in jail after appeal fails

Date
2023-10-31

Stage
Appeal

Primary locality
Malahide

County
Dublin

Summary

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.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Notorious tiger kidnapper Paschal Kelly to remain in jail after appeal fails. Charges or matters: trespass and the false imprisonment of Ms Lawlor, her daughter, Emma Carter, and student Gabriella Saisa. Procedural stage: appeal. Findings: Convicted

When:

September 25, 2014 Hearing Or Sentence
March 2015 Incident
2023-10-31 Publication

Case subjects

Paschal Kelly

Convicted Person

Charges: trespass and the false imprisonment of Ms Lawlor, her daughter, Emma Carter, and student Gabriella Saisa (Proven)

Finding: Convicted

Outcome: Convicted; He was sentenced to 18 years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in 2018. In March 2015 he was sentenced for threatening to kill a Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) officer and failure to provide tax returns.