A notorious Dublin criminal has sought leave to appeal his conviction for the rape of a nine-year-old girl in the early 1990s.
Mr Justice Paul Carney jailed Stephen “Rossi” Walsh (65), Belgrave Road, Rathgar, for 10 years in February 2010 for what he described as one of the most repulsive sex offences ever encountered at the Central Criminal Court.
Yesterday Walsh sought to have leave to appeal either granted or refused by Mr Justice Carney in order for him to progress his case further to the Court of Criminal Appeal.
Mr Justice Carney said that since his lawyers had previously applied for leave to appeal, Walsh had written to the registrar of the Central Criminal Court to say he had not authorised this application.
This leave to appeal application had been refused.
The judge agreed to hear a new application for leave to appeal. He then refused leave to appeal.
This refusal allows Walsh to proceed to the Court of Criminal Appeal and challenge this refusal.