Eamonn and Seamus Flanagan have rape convictions quashed

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

Eamonn Flanagan and Seamus Flanagan had their rape convictions quashed by an appeal court, reported on 2 October 2014.

The brothers had served three-year sentences after a Central Criminal Court jury convicted them of raping a woman at Dublin’s Red Cow Hotel. Their convictions were ruled unsafe after prosecution witness Daniel Lynch cast doubt on evidence he gave at trial, alleging gardaí had bullied him; the gardaí denied that allegation. The appeal court said it would give reasons for the ruling later.