Priest who ‘hired Continuity IRA’ to threaten nephew loses appeal
Francis Kelleher (60) wanted relation to drop legal action he was planning against him
A priest has lost an appeal against a jail sentence for hiring men who said they were from the Continuity IRA to issue death threats and intimidate his nephew into dropping legal action he was planning against him.
A priest has lost an appeal against a jail sentence for hiring men who said they were from the Continuity IRA to issue death threats and intimidate his nephew into dropping legal action he was planning against him.
Cloughduv native Francis Kelleher (60), who had been residing in Cork city, had pleaded guilty to four counts of coercion in relation to compelling his nephew to abstain from doing an act he had a lawful right to do on dates between June 2012 and January 2013.