British gunman loses appeal against conviction for Kinahan cartel murder of Michael Barr

Court of Appeal rules that trial court was correct to dismiss the evidence of a witness concerning the height of one of the shooters, David Hunter

Michael Barr: Shot seven times after two armed men wearing boiler suits and full rubber masks entered the Sunset House pub in Dublin's north inner city on the night of April 25, 2016. 

A British gunman who carried out the Kinahan cartel murder of dissident Republican Michael Barr in a Dublin pub a decade ago has lost a bid to overturn his conviction, with the Court of Appeal ruling that the trial court was correct to dismiss the evidence of a witness concerning the height of one of the shooters.

In dismissing the appeal by David Hunter, aged 47, Mr Justice John Edwards said on Monday that the assessment of eyewitness evidence by the Special Criminal Court was both "cogent and rigorous".