'Fat' Freddie fails in bid to overturn murder conviction

A man serving a life sentence for the July 2016 murder of a Dublin business owner has failed in his appeal to overturn his conviction at the Court of Appeal. The appellant, who was convicted in 2018 at the Special Criminal Court, challenged the admissibility of CCTV evidence used to identify him driving a vehicle connected to the killing. His legal team argued that the poor quality of the footage, combined with…