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19/02/2013
Rattigan Loses Appeal Over Stabbing Conviction
Brian Rattigan has lost his appeal over his conviction for the death of rival drug dealer Declan Gavin in August 2001.
31-year-old Rattigan, of Cooley Road in Drimnagh, was found guilty of stabbing Declan Gavin to death outside Abrakebabra in Crumlin on 25 August 2001.
He appealed his conviction on the grounds that a new law on witness statements was unfairly applied retrospectively at his trial.
However, the Court of Criminal Appeal found that Rattigan was not unfairly treated by gardaí when he was arrested, detained and questioned, by the evidence used against him or by the judge, Mr Justice Barry White, during his trial for murder.
The death of Mr Gavin was the first of more than 16 murders in the past 12 years arising out of a feud between Rattigan's criminal gang and a rival drug dealing gang in Dublin.
Rattigan is also due to be sentenced in a separate case next month after he was convicted of dealing drugs from his cell in Portlaoise Prison.
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31-year-old Rattigan, of Cooley Road in Drimnagh, was found guilty of stabbing Declan Gavin to death outside Abrakebabra in Crumlin on 25 August 2001.
He appealed his conviction on the grounds that a new law on witness statements was unfairly applied retrospectively at his trial.
However, the Court of Criminal Appeal found that Rattigan was not unfairly treated by gardaí when he was arrested, detained and questioned, by the evidence used against him or by the judge, Mr Justice Barry White, during his trial for murder.
The death of Mr Gavin was the first of more than 16 murders in the past 12 years arising out of a feud between Rattigan's criminal gang and a rival drug dealing gang in Dublin.
Rattigan is also due to be sentenced in a separate case next month after he was convicted of dealing drugs from his cell in Portlaoise Prison.
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