Gangster 'Fat' Freddie Thompson in bid to overturn murder conviction

A man from Dublin has launched an appeal against his life sentence for the 2016 murder of a business owner in the capital. The defendant, aged 42, was convicted in 2018 at the Special Criminal Court of involvement in the killing, which occurred on Bridgeroot Street on 1 July. The victim, aged 55, was shot multiple times whilst at a shop counter. At the Court of Appeal, the defence argued that the conviction should…