Man challenges Special Criminal Court's right to convict and jail him for Kevin Lunney kidnap

He is challenging the fact that a person who comes before the three-judge court cannot be told if they have been convicted by a majority decision or a unanimous decision

Alan Harte (pictured) was sentenced to 30 years in prison by the SCC for committing serious harm on and falsely imprisoning Kevin Lunney. Photo: Collins Courts

Alan Harte has launched a High Court challenge aimed at setting aside both the conviction and the 30-year prison sentence he received from the Special Criminal Court for his role in the kidnap and attack on businessman Kevin Lunney.

In his action, Harte challenges the constitutionality of Section 40 of the 1939 Offences Against the State Act which directs that a person who comes before the three-judge court cannot be told if they have been convicted by a majority decision or a unanimous decision.