Killer to begin appeal against robbery sentence

AN appeal brought by convicted killer and rapist Ian Horgan against both his conviction and eight-year prison sentence he received for the robbery of a post office will be heard by the Court of Criminal Appeal next week.

Horgan, aged 24, of The Hermitage, Macroom, Co Cork, was found guilty by a jury at Cork Circuit Criminal Court in November 2007 of robbing Clondrohid Post Office near Macroom and stealing a car from outside the premises on September 6, 2005. Horgan had denied the charges.

Yesterday Ms Justice Fidelma Macken was told that both lawyers for Horgan and the DPP were ready to proceed with the appeal on Friday. Horgan was not in court when the matter was briefly mentioned.