Matthew Cummins and James Davy convicted of impeding prosecution

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The Court of Appeal quashed Matthew Cummins and James Davy’s murder convictions and substituted convictions for impeding the apprehension or prosecution of a person, in a decision reported on 13 July 2021.

The convictions concerned the killing of 64-year-old Thomas ‘Toddy’ Dooley at his home in Edenderry, County Offaly. The court directed that both men return to the Central Criminal Court for sentencing on the substituted verdicts.