Three men convicted of kidnapping and torturing Kevin Lunney have had their appeals adjourned. Lawyers argue key DNA evidence and CCTV footage should not have been admissible.
Three men appealing their convictions for the kidnapping and torture of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney have had their cases adjourned for three months. Their lawyers, representing Alan Harte (43), Alan O’Brien (43) and Darren Redmond (30), argued that key DNA evidence from a van used by the offenders, which was destroyed by fire while in garda custody, should not have been admissible at their trial.
The men also claim the judges in the Special Criminal Court erred in refusing to adjourn the trial to clarify the law surrounding the admissibility of phone records. Furthermore, they argue that gardaí obtained CCTV footage used in the trial knowing the evidence was obtained unlawfully. They also state that the CCTV footage evidence should not have been allowed, as witnesses who provided the evidence in a voir dire hearing should have been recalled to give their testimony in the trial and take a fresh oath. The appeal, initially scheduled for a three-day hearing before the Court of Appeal, concluded after lengthy submissions on the third day. Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy, on behalf of the three-judge court, remarked that the case would not finish as planned
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