Man who punched €10m Claude Monet painting loses appeal against conviction

A man jailed for damaging a Claude Monet painting estimated to be worth €10m has lost an appeal against conviction.

Man who punched €10m Claude Monet painting loses appeal against conviction
Fri, 29 Jul, 2016 - 19:01

A man jailed for damaging a Claude Monet painting estimated to be worth €10m has lost an appeal against conviction.

Andrew Shannon (aged 50), of Willians Way, Ongar, Dublin 15 had pleaded not guilty to damaging the Claude Monet painting entitled 'Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sail Boat (1874)' at the National Gallery of Ireland on Clare Street on June 29, 2012.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: Willians Way, Ongar, DublinPlace: National Gallery of IrelandPlace: Clare StreetPlace: Shelbourne HotelPlace: National GalleryPlace: Argenteuil BasinPlace: DeirdrePerson: Claude MonetPerson: Andrew ShannonPerson: ShannonPerson: JudgePerson: Martin NolanPerson: AndrewShannonCourt16062016_large.jpgPerson: John EdwardsPerson: MonetPerson: Felim EganPerson: EdwardsPerson: JusticePerson: Garrett SheehanPerson: Alan MahonPerson: Michael BowmanPerson: BowmanPerson: BowmEvent: Shelbourne Hotel incidentOrganisation: Dublin Circuit Criminal CourtOrganisation: Court of AppealOrganisation: CCTVOrganisation: Shelbourne HotelOrganisation: NationalOrganisation: Supreme Court
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