James Davy released after sentence for assisting offender

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James Davy was sentenced to nine years for assisting an offender at the Central Criminal Court on 2 September 2021, and was released because he had served the term.

The case concerned the murder of Thomas Dooley at his home in Edenderry, where Davy accepted responsibility for helping dispose of items including a baseball bat.

The Court of Appeal had overturned Davy’s murder conviction and substituted a conviction for assisting an offender.