A Belfast man who was jailed for life by a Dublin court last year for the murder of a taxi driver in the city today opened his appeal against his conviction and sentence.

The Special Criminal Court has reserved judgment in the trial of a Belfast man accused of the murder of a taxi driver in Belfast last year.

The three judges of the non-jury Special Criminal Court sat for the first time at the Belfast Crown Court today to hear evidence in a Continuity IRA-linked murder trial.