'Pillar' of community in bid to overturn conviction for brutal attack on musician

A man from Castleblayney Road in Crossmaglen, County Armagh, has appealed his 2022 conviction for assault causing harm following an attack on a musician neighbour near Castleblayney, County Monaghan, in November 2012. The 65-year-old was sentenced to three years imprisonment after a jury trial. His legal team has challenged the conviction at the Court of Appeal, citing alleged investigative failings including…