Graham Dwyer has lost his appeal against his conviction for the murder of Elaine O’Hara.
The Cork-born architect claimed he had been denied a fair trial, but this afternoon, the Court of Appeal dismissed all of his arguments.
Graham Dwyer has LOST his appeal.
— Frank Greaney (@FrankGreaney) March 24, 2023
The 51-year-old is much greyer now and the tailored suits he wore at trial were replaced today by a Canterbury zip-up top.
In a lengthy judgement, the President of the Court of Appeal dismissed his claims that prejudice was allowed to creep into his trial back in 2015.
Dwyer had raised issues with the decision to allow sex tapes to be shown.
He also criticised the judge for an apparent look he gave him at one point.
He claimed the media coverage denied him a fair trial and he accused the judge of making an error by not directing an acquittal.
Graham Dwyer now having a lengthy consultation with his lawyers. He’ll soon be brought back to prison to resume his life sentence. Elaine O’Hara’s family were in court for todays ruling. A lot of relieved faces in the public gallery.
— Frank Greaney (@FrankGreaney) March 24, 2023
All of those arguments were quickly dismissed before the court turned to the most significant ground of appeal, which related to mobile phone evidence.
But that too fell away with the judges satisfied that Dwyer had received a fair trial and that his conviction for Elaine’s murder is safe and should stand.
Monday marks the eighth anniversary of Dwyer’s conviction and he’ll now be spending it in the Midlands Prison.
