McKevitt appeal over conviction dismissed

A bid by the Real IRA’s Michael McKevitt to have his conviction for directing terrorist activities declared a miscarriage of justice has been dismissed by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

McKevitt appeal over conviction  dismissed

In Aug 2003, McKevitt, aged 63, became the first person in the history of the State to be jailed for directing terrorist activities.

Yesterday, the three-judge Court of Criminal Appeal, with Mr Justice John MacMenamin presiding, dismissed McKevitt’s application, made under a section of the Criminal Procedure Act on the grounds that it was “unstateable and unarguable”.

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