Tadhg Butler moved to appeal murder conviction

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Tadhg Butler moved to appeal his murder conviction at the Court of Appeal, where judgment was reserved, in a report published on 8 May 2017. The conviction concerned Michael O’Dwyer’s murder at Seafield, Tramore, on 10 January 2014.

Butler had been convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury and given the mandatory life sentence on 15 May 2015. During the trial, he dismissed his legal team and cross-examined a prosecution witness himself. His appeal argued that the trial court should have addressed the consequences of advancing an accident account without supporting evidence. Counsel for the Director of Public Prosecutions opposed the appeal, and the three-judge court reserved judgment.