Alan Harte loses challenge to conviction and sentence for Kevin Lunney kidnapping

A Special Criminal Court judge said Harte had a 'ringleader' role in the kidnapping of the Quinn Industrial Holdings director

Alan Harte claimed he was entitled to the same trial in a non-jury court as an accused would receive in a jury court. File picture: Collins Courts

Alan Harte has lost his High Court bid to set aside his conviction and 30-year prison sentence for his role in the kidnapping and attack of businessman Kevin Lunney.

Harte (42) was tried and sentenced at the three-judge Special Criminal Court in December 2021 for committing serious harm to and falsely imprisoning the Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH) director in 2019.