Border Fox Dessie O'Hare dismisses legal team ahead of appeal against jail sentence

Dessue O’Hare of Slate Rock Road, Newtownhamilton, County Armagh was last year jailed by the Special Criminal Court for seven years for falsely imprisoning the family in their home and for leading a "disturbingly violent" attack on another man.

Former INLA man Dessie O'Hare, who was known as "The Border Fox", has dismissed his lawyers ahead of an appeal against the severity of his seven-year sentence for evicting a family from their home, which was due to take place next week.

O'Hare of Slate Rock Road, Newtownhamilton, County Armagh was last year jailed by the Special Criminal Court for seven years for falsely imprisoning the family in their home and for leading a "disturbingly violent" attack on another man.