Career Criminal who kidnapped and tortured Kevin Lunney fails in 'moot' appeal over non-jury trial

A man serving a 30-year sentence for the kidnapping and torture of a Quinn Industrial Holdings director has been unsuccessful in his Court of Appeal bid to challenge a procedural hurdle affecting his non-jury trial challenge. Alan Harte was convicted at the Special Criminal Court of falsely imprisoning and causing serious harm to Kevin Lunney on 17 September 2019 at Drumbrade, Ballinagh, County Cavan. Harte had…