Zoltan Almasi’s murder conviction appeal dismissed

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Zoltan Almasi’s murder conviction appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 26 July 2018. The case arose from the fatal baseball-bat attack on Joseph Dunne at Harbour View, Naas, County Kildare. Almasi had challenged rulings on evidence and the defence of provocation. The court held that the trial judge’s decisions were within her discretion. Almasi had been convicted by a majority jury verdict and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2016.