NATIONAL NEWS: Man threatened to kill woman as he hijacked her car
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A Dubliner accused of threatening to kill a woman while hijacking her car and falsely imprisoning her after the alleged robbery of a bookies has gone on trial at the Special Criminal Court this morning.
Trevor Byrne (41) of Cappagh Road, Finglas West came before the court on Tuesday, April 13, after the High Court made an order in September transferring his trial from the Circuit Criminal Court to the three-judge Special Criminal Court.
Mr Byrne was charged with five offences in 2011 arising out of an armed robbery at BoyleSports in Swords the previous year, during Cheltenham Race Week.
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