Keith Murtagh convicted of armed post office robbery

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Keith Murtagh was convicted of armed robbery at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 15 July 2019. He was also convicted of possessing a shotgun and shotgun cartridge linked to the Roebuck post office raid in Goatstown, Dublin, on 5 January 2016.

The jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts on all three charges after hearing that Murtagh’s DNA was found on a shotgun cartridge in an abandoned getaway car. Judge Melanie Greally set a sentence hearing for 18 October and remanded him in continuing custody.