No bail for man who shot publican

THE Court of Criminal Appeal has refused to grant bail to a man sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting publican Charlie Chawke during a robbery.

No bail for man who shot publican

Yesterday, the court ruled that Frank Ward, who is seeking to have his convictions quashed, had failed to display there was a strong chance his appeal would succeed.

In 2007, Ward, 55, a married father of three, from Tallaght, was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in the incident outside Mr Chawke’s restaurant and bar, The Goat Grill, in Goatstown, Dublin, on October 6, 2003.

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