Court overturns man’s conviction for armed robbery

A man’s conviction for armed robbery of a Cork post office has been overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

There is not to be a retrial of Michael O’Callaghan, aged 48, who was jailed for 10 years for the Mar 2009 robbery of Blackpool Post Office in Cork when €20,000 was taken by two masked raiders, the court also said.

Mr O’Callaghan, with an address at Ardcullen, Hollyhill, Cork, will now be freed from Portlaoise Prison.