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Dundons have threat to kill appeals dismissed

Summary

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeals of brothers Wayne and John Dundon against their convictions for making threats to kill. Wayne Dundon (37) was found guilty by the Special Criminal Court in 2012 of threatening Alice Collins that he would kill or cause serious harm to her sons, Gareth and Jimmy Collins, on September 30, 2010. He was also convicted of intimidating potential prosecution witnesses Alice and April Collins to obstruct justice. John Dundon (33) was found guilty of threatening to kill April Collins on April 3, 2011. The Special Criminal Court sentenced Wayne to six years' imprisonment and John to five-and-a-half years on April 18, 2012. In its judgment, the Court of Appeal affirmed these convictions, rejecting arguments regarding the reliability of visual identification and the use of telephone transcripts. Mr Justice Birmingham noted that the trial judges were entitled to make findings of fact based on the evidence heard. The court also dismissed arguments concerning CCTV footage and the reliance on witness evidence from a separate trial. Wayne Dundon is currently serving a mandatory life sentence for the murder of Roy Collins in 2009, a charge to which he and co-accused Nathan Killeen pleaded not guilty before being found guilty by the Special Criminal Court. The brothers were led away to continue serving their prison sentences following the dismissal of their appeals.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Dundons have threat to kill appeals dismissed. Charges or matters: the murder of Mr Collins along with his co-accused Nathan Killeen (25), of Hyde Road, Prospect, Limerick but the non-jury Special Criminal Court found them both guilty and gave them mandatory terms of life imprisonment. Procedural stage: appeal. Findings: Found guilty

When:

• September 30 2010 Hearing Or Sentence
• April 3rd Hearing Or Sentence
• April 18, 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
• April 2010 Other
• April 3, 2011 Other
• April 9, 2009 Hearing Or Sentence
• 2016-05-30 Publication

Why: Finally, Mr Bowman had sought to argue that his client's conviction was unsafe because the evidence of April Collins was not relied upon by the Special Criminal Court in Wayne Dundon's trial for murder. CNI source report

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Stage Appeal Violent Crime

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