A SLIGO MAN HAS LOST HIS APPEAL AGAINST HIS CONVICTION FOR KILLING 14 YEAR OLD SCHOOLGIRL MELISSA MAHON.

IN JULY 2009 RONALD MCMANUS, ALSO KNOWN AS RONNIE DUNBAR, WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR THE MANSLAUGHTER OF THE TEENAGER BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 14TH AND 30TH, 2006.

MELISSA’S SKELETAL REMAINS WERE FOUND IN LOUGH GILL IN SLIGO 18 MONTHS AFTER HER DISAPPEARANCE.

DUNBAR’S LAWYERS ARGUED THAT THE ORIGINAL TRIAL JUDGE HAD SHOWN EVIDENCE OF BIAS AGAINST HIM AND HAD HANDED DOWN A GROSSLY DISPROPORTIONATE SENTENCE.

RONNIE DUNBAR RAISED 11 GROUNDS OF APPEAL AGAINST HIS CONVICTION FOR THE MANSLAUGHTER OF MELISSA MAHON -   ALL OF WHICH WERE TODAY DISMISSED BY THE COURT.