Man appeals murder verdict

A convicted murderer has appealed his conviction on grounds that gardaí “harvested” evidence from him after telling his solicitor he was in custody on foot of a separate matter.

John Walsh, aged 49, with an address at Cork St, Mitchelstown, Co Cork, denied murdering John McManus at a flat on Wellington Rd, Cork City, on a date unknown between October 28 and November 7, 2008.

He was found guilty and given the mandatory life sentence on December 9, 2010.