James Davy convicted of assisting an offender after appeal

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The Court of Appeal quashed James Davy’s murder conviction and substituted a conviction for assisting an offender, reported on 15 July 2021.

It found no evidence of an agreement to murder Thomas ‘Toddy’ Dooley, and said Davy’s conduct afterward included efforts to burn the body and dispose of the baseball bat.

The Court of Appeal sent the matter to the Central Criminal Court for sentencing.

This case may have concluded differently. The outcome has not yet been confirmed by a public source we could find.