Court of Appeal

Reports and case summaries, listed by the case date supplied with each report.

• Joseph Behan appeal against robbery conviction dismissed 2021-05-14
• Benko loses appeal against attempted murder conviction 2021-05-14
• Jason and Dean Bradley appeal murder convictions 2021-05-13
• Court reserves judgment on DPP appeal over Stephen O’Connor’s firearms sentence 2021-05-10
• Two children ordered back to France in mask dispute 2021-05-04
• Keith Connorton loses murder conviction appeal at Court of Appeal 2021-04-30
• John Waters and Gemma O’Doherty ordered to pay Covid challenge costs 2021-04-30
• Garrett Phillips withdraws rape sentence appeal 2021-04-30
• Edmundas Dauksa appealed murder conviction in Court of Appeal 2021-04-30
• Court of Appeal reduces Jack McCarthy’s sentence for burglary 2021-04-30
• Teenager loses appeal over murder sentence at Court of Appeal 2021-04-28
• Devine and Kelly win appeals against burglary and assault sentences 2021-04-26
• Court of Appeal reserves ruling on standalone child sexual exploitation offence 2021-04-23
• Trevor Byrne appeals armed robbery convictions over CCTV identification 2021-04-20
• Father who raped son loses conviction appeal 2021-04-20
• Belfast man loses appeal against sexual and indecent assault convictions 2021-04-19
• A man appeals 18-year sentence for rape of daughter 2021-04-19
• Séamus Morgan loses appeal against Laurence Keane murder conviction 2021-04-16
• Philip Murphy gets 10 years for sexual assaults 2021-04-16
• 53-year-old Dubliner appeals 24 indecent assault convictions 2021-04-13
• Garrett Phillips’s rape conviction upheld on appeal 2021-04-12
• Court of Appeal affirms refusal of relief for man on murder charge 2021-04-01
• Man’s rape and sexual assault sentence appeal dismissed 2021-03-26
• C.B. loses appeal against convictions and supervision conditions 2021-03-26
• Stephen Glynn’s drug conviction appeal dismissed 2021-03-25
• Unnamed man’s indecent assault conviction upheld 2021-03-25
• Karl Vogelaar has robbery appeal dismissed 2021-03-25
• Court refuses parents’ request for child’s re-examination in FGM appeal 2021-03-25
• David O’Loughlin’s murder conviction replaced by manslaughter verdict 2021-03-23
• Bianca Francisco’s appeal against ecstasy sentence struck out 2021-03-23
• Jurijs Savcuks loses appeal against cannabis sentence 2021-03-22
• Michael Cawley’s burglary sentence increased on appeal 2021-03-19
• Unnamed woman’s sexual assault sentence appeal dismissed 2021-03-18
• Robert Devine and Lee Kelly appeal burglary and assault sentences 2021-03-15
• Brandon Power’s assault sentence appeal adjourned 2021-03-15
• Robert Traynor keeps suspended sentence for child abuse images 2021-03-12
• A.D appeal dismissed over sexual assault conviction 2021-03-11
• Unnamed 81-year-old man loses rape and indecent assault appeal 2021-03-09
• Transgender woman loses appeal over sexual assault sentence 2021-02-26
• Unnamed 44-year-old loses appeal against rape and child-sex convictions 2021-02-18
• Court of Appeal dismisses Jim Ferry’s appeal over adjourned waste-facility case 2021-02-17
• Seamus Woulfe sits on Court of Appeal panel after Golfgate 2021-02-15
• DK and MK avoid retrial after false imprisonment acquittals 2021-02-09
• Unnamed teenager loses appeal against defilement sentence 2021-02-08
• Court of Appeal sets sentencing ranges for witness intimidation 2021-02-08
• Samantha Sinnott’s suspended sentence upheld in money laundering appeal 2021-02-04
• Unnamed man loses appeal against rape conviction 2021-02-04
• Ciaran Long jailed after appeal over proceeds-of-crime sentence 2021-02-04
• Bernard Joyce’s jail term increased to four years on appeal 2021-02-04
• David O'Brien's sexual abuse sentence appeal dismissed 2021-02-02
• Tran’s cannabis sentence cut to five years and four months 2021-02-01
• Patrick McDonnell’s sentence increased on appeal for dangerous driving causing death 2021-02-01
• Man’s appeal against rape and sexual assault convictions heard 2021-01-29
• Christopher McDonald murder appeal judgment delivered in 2021 2021-01-25
• Dessie O’Hare’s sentence appeal adjourned 2021-01-22
• Appeal court disagreed with direction to acquit accused man 2021-01-22
• Gemma O’Doherty and John Waters lose Covid laws appeal 2021-01-20
• Liam Campbell to be extradited over alleged weapons smuggling 2021-01-19
• 36-year-old man loses appeal against sexual assault convictions 2021-01-19
• Sidney Sutton given last chance to appeal convictions 2021-01-18
• Lounes Ouachek refused leave to appeal attempted murder conviction 2021-01-15
• Cork youth appeals dangerous driving causing serious harm sentence 2021-01-15
• B.H. murder sentence appeal dismissed by Court of Appeal 2021-01-15
• Teenager loses appeal over child defilement sentence 2021-01-14
• Man granted leave to appeal rape conviction 2021-01-14
• Man from UK appeals rape and child cruelty convictions 2021-01-11
• Mr A loses appeal against rape conviction 2020-12-22
• Shaun Groome loses appeal over serious assault sentence 2020-12-21
• Fitzpatrick and O’Leary’s burglary appeals dismissed 2020-12-21
• Aaron Wilson’s assault causing serious harm appeal dismissed 2020-12-21
• A.C. remains not guilty of assault causing serious harm 2020-12-21
• Robert Traynor's child abuse image appeal heard 2020-12-17
• Niall Fitzpatrick and Jerry O’Leary appeal burglary sentences 2020-12-17
• Man convicted of rape appeals conviction at Court of Appeal 2020-12-17
• Retired teacher fails to overturn sexual assault conviction 2020-12-15
• Jason Melia’s explosives possession appeal withdrawn 2020-12-15
• Aaron Wilson’s assault sentence appeal heard 2020-12-15
• Regina Keogh’s murder appeal rejected by Court of Appeal 2020-12-14
• Dessie O’Hare’s sentence appeal reset to 22 January 2020-12-11
• P.R. appeals sexual assault conviction in Court of Appeal 2020-12-09