Limerick biker urges Supreme Court to overturn conviction for murder of rival club member

Alan McNamara was found guilty in 2017 of the murder of Andrew O’Donoghue, who died after being shot by McNamara at the gates of the Road Tramps motorcycle club at Mountfune in 2015.
Limerick biker urges Supreme Court to overturn conviction for murder of rival club member
Alan McNamara.
Mon, 11 May, 2020 - 17:57
Ann O’Loughlin

A motorbiker has urged the Supreme Court to overturn his conviction for the murder of a member of a rival club in Co Limerick.

Alan McNamara’s appeal raises important issues about the scope of the provocation defence and the five-judge court reserved judgment to a later date.

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CourtsPlace: LimerickPlace: MountfunePlace: Co LimerickPlace: Murroe, Co LimerickPlace: Midlands prisonPlace: Road TrampsPerson: Alan McNamaraPerson: Andrew O’DonoghuePerson: McNamaraPerson: John MahonPerson: O’DonoghuePerson: AndrewODonoghueLimerickshootingJun15_large.jpgPerson: Hugh HartnettPerson: Michael Delaney SCPerson: JusticePerson: Adrian HardimanOrganisation: Supreme CourtOrganisation: Road Tramps motorcycle clubOrganisation: Road TrampsOrganisation: CaballerosOrganisation: Court of AppealOrganisation: DPP
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