Frankie Dunne killer appeals conviction

He lodged an appeal on May 19 — despite his legal team indicating at the end of the trial that he had “accepted the finality of the jury verdict” and would not appeal the case

Ionut Cosmin Nicholescu did not give evidence during his trial. File picture: Cork Courts Limited

The man convicted of the murder of a man whose decapitated body was found in the garden of a Cork city house has lodged an appeal against his conviction.

A life sentence was imposed on Ionut Cosmin Nicholescu of Branistea Village, Damovita County, Romania, on April 28 for the murder of Frankie Dunne between December 27 and December 28, 2019, at Castlegreine House, Boreenamanna Road, Cork city. He had denied the murder of the 64-year-old Corkman but the jury found him guilty in a unanimous verdict.