Murderer of father of six loses point-of-law appeal

A man convicted of the murder of a father of six in front of his wife and children has failed in his latest appeal on a point of law.

Warren Dumbrell, aged 40, or Emmet Place, Inchicore, Dublin, had sought a referral to the Supreme Court of a Court of Criminal Appeal decision last July dismissing his appeal against conviction for the murder of Christopher Cawley, aged 33, on October 29, 2006.

His brother Jeffrey Dumbrell, who was also convicted of the same murder, also lost his appeal.