Cork man faces retrial on robbery charge after judge's 'erroneous reference'

A Cork man has had his conviction for robbery quashed over the trial judge’s “erroneous reference” to the evidence of a garda, in three words, without correcting himself, that the accused was previously known to gardaí.

By Ruaidhrí Giblin

A Cork man has had his conviction for robbery quashed over the trial judge’s “erroneous reference” to the evidence of a garda, in three words, without correcting himself, that the accused was previously known to gardaí.