Court rejects historic case appeal

An appeal by a Dublin man against his murder conviction for running down a 21-year-old man in his car was yesterday dismissed by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

In its judgment today the CCA rejected the argument made on behalf of Anthony O'Reilly, who is the first person in Ireland to be convicted of murder using a motor vehicle as a weapon, that there was an inconsistency in the DPP's case against him which made his conviction unsafe.