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Updated 9.30am
MURDERER GRAHAM DWYER lodged an appeal against his murder conviction.
The Foxrock architect and father of three was convicted of murdering childcare worker Elaine O’Hara in August 2012.
Her remains were found on Kilakee Mountain in Rathfarnham on 13 September 2013.
The jury found that Dwyer stabbed her to death for his own sexual gratification.
Life in prison
Justice Tony Hunt sentenced Dwyer to life in prison.
At sentencing, the judge gave Dwyer 21 days to formally appeal his conviction.
The grounds of the appeal are not yet known but it is believed that the charge of the jurors and the phone mast data may be used by his legal team.
Dwyer’s defence team applied for legal aid following his conviction, in case an appeal was lodged. This was granted.
Appeal
The Court of Criminal Appeal would hear the appeal and it is suspected that it could be heard a lot sooner than the time usually taken.
The trial of Graham Dwyer lasted more than two months, with 197 witnesses and 320 exhibits.
Justice Tony Hunt said his life sentence is something Dwyer “richly deserves”.
He said no remorse of any kind was expressed by Dwyer and also mentioned the “bizarre spectacle” of Dwyer issuing a press statement following his conviction.
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So he’s looking for a technicality to get him out of prison.. you’d think he’d serve his time and let the people he has inflicted with misery get on with their lives including his own family.
He couldn’t give 2 f”"ks about the people he’s hurt and damaged for life. He’s a true psycho
An opportunity for the state to increase his sentence and keep him in prison for the rest of his unnatural life.
Unfortunately not, this is the problem with mandatory sentencing. If found guilty of murder you receive a mandatory life sentence, this cannot be reduced as part of a plea bargain and cannot be increased as a result of a failed appeals, so murder has the lowest rate of guilty pleas and very few convicted don’t exhaust the appeals processes because there is no incentive to ever accept your guilt or sentence.
Imagine being on his legal team and having to actually stand there and defend this man!
I’m sure the huge amounts of wonga are some small consolation
Also, if it’s free legal aid he’s on we’re literally paying his fees.
He was on a big salary so I’m not sure that he would have been entitled to legal aid from the outset. I could be wrong though
He did receive free legal aid.
Are you serious Andrea? I thought you had to be earning less than €18,000 a year at the time of arrest to qualify.
They should throw him and Joe Reilly into same cell and throw away the keys!
I remember being very shocked at the time because of his profession, his wife’s and the fact that they lived in Foxrock. Somebody mentioned in the comments section that outgoings and existing debt are all factors in determining whether a person can avail of it. The whole system is bizarre to be honest. I have a vague recollection of Sean Fitzpatrick qualifying for it too. At this stage, I’m wondering if there is anyone out there actually paying their own legal costs.
He was granted legal aid, when convicted there was a statement made that should he appeal, he could get legal aid then.
He’s just after lodging an appeal I think… The neck of him, some cheek he has!
Not enjoying prison are we Graham.
Let him just start beating up prison officers and he will get a new fish tank and playstation and punch bag to help ease his pain the sc@mbag
I’m not actually suggesting he beats up prison officers I’m just relating it to the story of the violent prisoner that got a fish tank and play station to keep him happy
He probably doesn’t like being chained up himself
Hope he never leaves jail and dies there
Hopefully he’ll get the same answer as Joe O’Reilly!! NO!!!
Hope he stays there for a lifetime his lifetime.
Sc**m of the earth. May he rot
I don’t think he likes being ‘the slave’ now, his master must be too tough on him.
I would love to read the headline where he has a tragic fatal fall off the prison landing .
There are no words….
Can’t say we didn’t see that one coming, another waste of tax payers money!
How dare he appeal his conviction! It’s an insult to the memory of Elaine and to her family. He should be ashamed of himself. But I am to believe that a true psychopath does not feel the way normal people do. He genuinely terrifies me and he should never see the light of day again.
Something not right about that case blunders by the judge were not challenged swiftness of the jury’s decision should cause concern
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