Peter Kenny loses appeal over Dublin murder conviction

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Peter Kenny’s appeal against his murder conviction was dismissed by the Court of Appeal, reported on 20 February 2018.

Kenny was convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury and received the mandatory life sentence on 19 July 2011.

The appeal court was not persuaded that his trial was unsatisfactory or that the verdict was unsafe.

The case concerned the 2009 shooting of John Carroll in Grumpy Jack’s pub in Dublin.