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Court of Appeal dismisses an appeal against a murder conviction, originally decided by the Special Criminal Court. The appellant sought to add a new ground of appeal based on the non-disclosure of prison phone call transcripts between key prosecution witnesses, which were not provided during the trial. The court found no breach of the duty of disclosure by the prosecution, as the material was not in their possession at the time of the trial. The appeal was based solely on the motion to introduce this new evidence, with all other grounds previously abandoned. The court concluded that the trial was not unsatisfactory and the conviction was safe, thus the appeal was dismissed.
Murder conviction, Special Criminal Court, Shane Geoghegan, new ground of appeal, prison phone call transcripts, prosecution witnesses, duty of disclosure, evidence, appeal dismissed, accomplice testimony, credibility, fear of Dundons, safe conviction.
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