Killer Horgan must await ruling on robbery appeal

CONVICTED killer and rapist Ian Horgan will have to wait to the new year to find out if his appeal against the conviction he received for the robbery of a post office has been successful.

Yesterday, the three judge Court of Criminal Appeal, consisting of Mr Justice Joseph Finnegan presiding, Mr Justice Paul Gilligan and Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne reserved judgment in an appeal by Ian Horgan against his conviction in November 2007 for the robbery of a post office.

Horgan, aged 24, The Hermitage, Macroom, Co Cork, was found guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court of robbing Clondrohid Post Office near Macroom and stealing a car from outside the premises on September 6, 2005. Horgan, who denied the charges, received an eight year prison sentence.