Court of Appeal dismisses Christopher Slator’s appeal over Sunset House murder conviction

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The Court of Appeal dismissed Christopher Slator’s appeal against his murder conviction, ruling that DNA evidence from a mask and runners was properly admitted. The court said the trial court’s assessment of possible contamination was grounded in the evidence and found no basis to interfere with it.

Slator was convicted by the Special Criminal Court in 2022 of murdering Michael Barr, who was shot dead at Dublin’s Sunset House pub in 2016. The appeal court also held that evidence about Slator’s travel and arrangements after the shooting was admissible as circumstantial evidence, and concluded that his trial was satisfactory and his conviction safe.