Lordship robbery trial to run in tandem with burglary charges, court rules

The Special Criminal Court has ruled that conspiracy to commit burglary charges and robbery allegations against two men will proceed as a consolidated trial, rejecting a defence application to sever the proceedings. Brendan Treanor, aged 34 formerly of Dundalk in County Louth, and James Flynn, aged 32 from South Armagh, deny all charges relating to a series of residential break-ins across a four-county border region…