Murderer tells appeal court gardaí planted and tampered with evidence

Vesel Jahiri stabbed Anna Finnegan to death in her home a month after she had sought refuge at a women’s shelter

Vesel Jahiri was convicted of the murder of Anna Finnegan. He is now appealing the conviction.

A convicted murderer who assaulted a barrister during his trial and conducted his own appeal because he was unable to find a lawyer to represent him has claimed that gardaí planted evidence against him during their investigation.

Vesel Jahiri, aged 42, stabbed Anna Finnegan, aged 25, to death in her home a month after she had sought refuge at a women’s shelter. Anna had written that Jahiri made her life “hell”, had beaten her and “almost killed her”. They had been together since she was 16 years old.