Trevor Byrne goes on trial for car hijacking and threats to kill

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Trevor Byrne went on trial for car hijacking, false imprisonment and threatening to kill at the Special Criminal Court on 13 April 2021.

The charges relate to an alleged armed robbery at BoyleSports in Swords and incidents on Thornleigh Avenue, Co Dublin, on 19 March 2010.

Byrne denied all five charges, and the trial before the three-judge court was expected to last up to two weeks.