Court of Appeal dismisses Jason O’Driscoll’s appeal against double-murder convictions

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The Court of Appeal has dismissed Jason O’Driscoll’s appeal against his convictions for murdering Anthony Burnett and Joseph Redmond in Co Louth in 2012. A jury found him guilty by majority verdict in 2018, and he was sentenced to life in prison on each count.

The appeal challenged the admission of expert evidence identifying cars in CCTV footage. The court held that the evidence was admissible; complaints about the expert’s methods and lack of outside peer review went to the weight the jury might give the evidence.