Convictions quashed over trial ‘defect’

THE Supreme Court has unanimously overturned the convictions and sentences of two men for “reckless endangerment”.

Convictions quashed over trial ‘defect’

The charges against cousins Fergal Cagney and Ronan McGrath arose from an incident in Dublin during which another man was hit with a blow around the ear, fell onto the road and died later in hospital.

David Langan, 19, from Castleknock, Dublin, died from brain stem death in August 2000.

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