Man faces retrial after appeal of murder conviction

A man who acted with others in the stabbing of a 28-year-old faces a retrial after the Court of Appeal overturned his murder conviction in a decision which drew relevance from a landmark UK Supreme Court ruling on joint enterprise.

Andrew Gibney, aged 24, of Drumheath Avenue, Mulhuddart, Dublin, had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering Gerard Burnett at Castlecurragh Vale, Mulhuddart, on August 21, 2012.

Mr Burnett suffered 30 stab wounds after he was attacked by a group of five men outside his girlfriend’s house and was pronounced dead in hospital a short time later.