Richard Higgins appeal judgment reserved over neighbour murder

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Richard Higgins’s murder appeal remained undecided before the Court of Appeal, reported on 13 April 2015. He had been given a mandatory life sentence after being convicted of murdering his neighbour outside his home.

Higgins’s counsel argued that an inaccurate transcript of an audio recording may have affected the jury’s consideration of his alleged intention, while also challenging two threatening-to-kill counts on the indictment. Counsel for the Director of Public Prosecutions accepted the transcript was incorrect but opposed the appeal arguments. The court said it would give judgment as soon as possible.