John Dundon, convicted of ordering the murder of Shane Geoghegan in 2013, seeks a retrial based on new evidence involving a recorded phone call between witnesses. The case originally involved mistaken identity and a crime against a rival gang member.
Counsel argued that the court should consider new evidence from a recorded phone call between witnesses that did not come to light during John Dundon 's 2013 trial, where he was convicted of ordering the hit that led to the death of Shane Geoghegan , an innocent rugby player. More than 16 years after the incident, Dundon seeks a retrial, claiming that unexplored evidence could cast doubt on the witnesses' credibility.
Dundon was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Mr Geoghegan, who was mistakenly targeted in what was supposedly a crime against a rival gang member
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