Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Born

Between July 1946 and July 1947, from the ages reported

Offences

Fire safety (failure to ensure safety in the event of a fire)

Where

Co. Wexford

Reporting

1 report, 28 Jul 2022 to 28 Jul 2022

Outlets

irishtimes.com

• Conviction quashed in New Ross fire safety case Fire safety (failure to ensure safety in the event of a fire) · Co. Wexford

  Leslie Peacock, a 75-year-old man, was convicted in January 2015 of failure to ensure safety in the event of a fire at Kennedy Plaza Apartments in North Quay, New Ross, Co Wexford, where a fire broke out on 20 January 2012. The fire alarm did not sound during the blaze after a resident disabled it by removing the fuse and batteries with a screwdriver at about 12.40am. The five-storey building contained 24 apartments and was occupied by 32 residents at the time. The Court of Appeal rejected both grounds of appeal but quashed the conviction in July 2022, expressing concern about the trial judge's direction to the jury, and ordered a retrial adjourned to 4 October 2022.

  In court, 28 Jul 2022Convicted · 1 report

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1. 28 Jul2022
   In courtirishtimes.com, in Conviction quashed in New Ross fire safety case

   Court quashes man’s conviction over building safety failures at apartment block where fire broke out

   convicted, Leslie Peacock, 75, male, named, irish (judged from name)Leslie Peacock♂75IE

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