Two Charged With Perjury Over Evidence in Conor McGregor’s Failed Nikita Hand Appeal

Two former neighbours of Nikita Hand have been charged with perjury over sworn statements Conor McGregor sought to use in his failed civil appeal. Samantha O’Reilly, 38, and Steven Cummins, 39, appeared at Dublin District Court on Tuesday, September 29. The statements were meant to support a claim that injuries on Hand’s body had another cause. McGregor had asked the Court of Appeal to consider the couple’s accounts after a jury found him liable for assaulting Hand at a Dublin hotel in December 2018. His lawyers withdrew that request just before the appeal hearing began, so the proposed evidence was…