Jim Mansfield Jnr convicted of CCTV justice offence

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Jim Mansfield Jnr was convicted of attempting to pervert the course of justice at the Special Criminal Court, reported on 17 January 2022.

He was acquitted of conspiring to have Martin Byrne falsely imprisoned. The court found the evidence did not establish Mansfield was party to the kidnapping plot.

The court remanded Mansfield in custody pending sentence, with sentencing scheduled for 7 February. It had not yet imposed a sentence in the available reports.