Man jailed for abduction is freed by appeal court

A man jailed for abducting an American woman he met in a Dublin pub was freed on bail by the Irish Court of Criminal Appeal today after the presentation of new evidence relating to the victim of the incident.

A man jailed for abducting an American woman he met in a Dublin pub was freed on bail by the Court of Criminal Appeal today after the presentation of new evidence relating to the victim of the incident.

Barry Fitzgerald, 31, from Dalkey, Co Dublin, was sentenced to five years by the Circuit Criminal Court in October after being convicted of falsely imprisoning and assaulting tourist Elizabeth Gallucci.