Councillor wins appeal against fraud charge
Galway Co Councillor Michael 'Stroke' Fahy walked free from the Four Courts today after the Court of Criminal Appeal set aside his conviction for fraud and attempted theft and ordered that a retrial take place.
Today the three-judge CCA of Mr Justice Joseph Finnegan, presiding with Mr Justice Kevin Feeney, and Ms Justice Mary Irvine, said that the court was "quite satisfied" to set aside the conviction because of the "introduction of inadmissible evidence in the manner which it occurred created a real and substantial risk of an unfair trial."
