R v Alan William McLaughlin
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Keegan LCJ |
| Judgment Date | 25 October 2022 |
| Neutral Citation | [2022] NICA 64 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 25 October 2022 |
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Neutral Citation No: [2022] NICA 64
Judgment: approved by the court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: KEE11983
ICOS No: 04/55916/A01
Delivered: 25/10/2022
IN HIS MAJESTY’S COURT OF APPEAL IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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R
v
ALAN WILLIAM McLAUGHLIN
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Mr Moloney KC (instructed by Madden & Finucane, Solicitors), Michael Halleron BL
for the Appellant
Mr Henry (instructed by the Public Prosecution Service) for the Public Prosecution
Service ”PPS”
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Before: Keegan LCJ, Treacy LJ and Horner LJ
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KEEGAN LCJ (delivering the judgment of the court Ex Tempore)
[1] We are in a position to give a judgment in this case this afternoon and that is
on the basis of the helpful written submissions that we have received which have
been supplemented by the oral arguments today. This ruling will in due course be
committed to writing.
[2] On 16 February 2005 the applicant, Mr McLaughlin, pleaded guilty to 15
offences of false accounting, contrary to section 17(1)(a) of the Theft Act
(Northern Ireland) 1969. The charges relate to the applicant’s employment at
Brookfield Post Office in Tennent Street, Belfast, where he was a sub-postmaster.
The total loss alleged to have been occasioned to the post office was in the region of
£10,000. The applicant pleaded not guilty at arraignment to the charges against him
but changed his plea to guilty at trial and was ultimately convicted and fined £700
in relation to all of the charges and a compensation order in the sum of £1300 was
made.
[3] He now seeks leave to appeal his conviction and an extension of time some 17
years later. The reason for this application is set out in the helpful skeleton
argument filed by Mr Maloney KC on the applicant’s behalf. This case follows a
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