Cage fighter convicted of Shannon murder gets hearing date for miscarriage of justice application

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By Fiona Magennis The Court of Appeal has set a date in December to hear an application by a Polish cage fighter who is seeking to have his conviction for the murder of a 23-year-old man who was beaten unconscious and left to drown in the River Shannon declared a miscarriage of justice. Leszek Sychu

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