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 loses challenge to conviction and sentence for Kevin Lunney kidnapping

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.

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