Marcus Kirwan loses murder conviction appeal

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

Marcus Kirwan had his murder conviction appeal dismissed by a three-judge court, reported on 27 October 2015.

Kirwan had challenged his conviction on grounds involving an arrest warrant, CCTV identification and phone-analysis evidence. The court rejected every ground and upheld the conviction, for which he had received a mandatory life sentence in 2013.

The source says the original killing occurred in Dublin, but does not provide the appeal hearing date or name the appeal court.