Robbery accused walks free due to unlawful detention

A 31-year-old Dublin man, charged in connection with the attempted robbery of a cash transit van in Co Kildare last November, walked free from the Four Courts after a High Court Judge ordered his release on finding that his detention was unlawful.

Robbery accused walks free due to unlawful detention

A 31-year-old Dublin man, charged in connection with the attempted robbery of a cash transit van in Co Kildare last November, walked free from the Four Courts after a High Court Judge ordered his release on finding that his detention was unlawful.

Today at the High Court, following an inquiry under Article 40.2.2 of the Constitution, Mr Justice Michael Peart ruled Mr Eamonn Dunne, who is charged with conspiring with five others to steal more than €900,000 cash at Tesco's, Shackleton Road, Celbridge, Co Kildare on November 2, 2007, be released from custody.

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