Man to appeal murder conviction

A man has secured a fresh appeal to the Supreme Court against his conviction for the murder of his friend who was in a permanent vegetative state for almost two years after being shot twice in a car in Dublin.

The three judge Court of Criminal Appeal said legal issues raised by Jonathan Dunne, including whether duress can be a defence to a murder charge, were of “exceptional” public importance requiring determination by the Supreme Court.

Dunne, aged 28, was convicted in 2012 of the murder of Ian Kenny, who died in Beaumont Hospital on July 31, 2009. Mr Kenny was shot by Dunne with a sawn-off shotgun on July 4, 2007, and was in a comatic and permanent vegetative state until his death.