Keith Connorton loses murder conviction appeal at Court of Appeal

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Keith Connorton’s appeal against his murder conviction was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 21 October 2021.

The court upheld the admission of statements made by Ms McGrath to gardaí and of a recording of her 999 call. It rejected all three grounds of appeal, leaving Connorton’s conviction in place.

Connorton had been convicted by a 10-to-two jury majority in the Central Criminal Court on 21 December 2018 and received the mandatory life sentence on 28 January 2019.