James Flynn ordered retried over car theft conspiracy

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The Supreme Court ordered James Flynn retried for conspiracy to steal a Volkswagen Passat, reported on 16 October 2026. The retrial will take place at the Special Criminal Court on an amended indictment concerning the car taken from a property in Clogherhead, Co Louth, between 22 and 23 January 2013.

Flynn had been convicted on the amended charge after a previous trial and sentenced to eight years in December 2023. The Court of Appeal overturned that conviction; the Supreme Court then ordered a retrial on the amended indictment, while ruling that a retrial on the wider conspiracy charge could not proceed.