Killer Freddie Thompson suing over refusal of legal aid

Freddie Thompson s serving a life sentence at Portlaoise Prison following his 2018 conviction for the murder of David Douglas.

Convicted criminal Freddie Thompson has brought a High Court action over the Legal Aid Board's refusal to pay his legal costs for a case he took in 2019 over the conditions of his detention.

Thompson, from Dublin's south inner city, is serving a life sentence at Portlaoise Prison following his 2018 conviction for the murder of David Douglas.