Richard Dekker’s murder conviction upheld on appeal

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Richard Dekker’s murder conviction was upheld by the Court of Appeal, which dismissed his appeal, as reported on 27 July 2022. He is serving a life sentence for murdering Daniel McAnaspie, who was killed in 2010.

The appeal concerned Garda interviews conducted after Dekker’s arrest in the absence of his solicitor. Admissions from those interviews were used at trial, but Dekker argued he had not received reasonable access to legal advice and had not been properly advised of his right to silence. The Court of Appeal rejected that argument, finding his decision to engage was an effort to lay blame elsewhere rather than the result of ignorance about his rights.