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Legal first sees miscarriage of justice certificate for IRA membership conviction quashed - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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In a legal first, the Court of Appeal has overturned a decision to grant a miscarriage of justice certificate to a man who spent 14 months in prison before his IRA membership conviction was quashed. In delivering judgment on Friday, Judge Brian O’Moore said the granting of the certificate to Michael Connolly was not one of the options properly open to the Special Criminal Court and represented a fundamental error in law. The DPP had appealed a High Court decision dismissing her application for a
Osgur Breatnach’s wrongful conviction for Sallins train robbery declared a miscarriage of justice - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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Osgur Breatnach’s wrongful conviction for the Sallins train robbery half a century ago has now been declared a miscarriage of justice. The mail train robbery took place on March 31st, 1976, when the Cork-to-Dublin train was diverted near the Co Kildare town, and an estimated £200,000 was stolen. Breatnach was found guilty by the non-jury Special Criminal Court in December 1978, but his conviction was overturned a year and a half later after a court found his confession had been obtained under op
James Kilroy to appeal conviction for wife’s murder - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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James Kilroy, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife after a jury rejected his claim that he was insane when he beat, stabbed and strangled her to death, will have his appeal against conviction heard early next year. The 53-year-old former park ranger was unanimously convicted of murdering Valerie French Kilroy (41) at their home in Kilbree Lower, Westport, Co Mayo, between June 13th and June 14th, 2019 following three Central Criminal Court trials. Kilroy had pleaded not guil
Boy A’s appeal against life sentence for Ana Kriegel murder to be heard next year - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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The Court of Appeal has fixed a date in February next year to hear Boy A’s appeal against his life sentence for the murder of schoolgirl Ana Kriegel in Dublin eight years ago. The appellant, who was one of two boys convicted of the teenager’s murder, was in 2019 sentenced to life with a review after 12 years. Boy A was also sentenced to 12 years for an aggravated sexual assault on Ana, which runs alongside the murder sentence. Last November, Boy A’s lawyers successfully applied for more time to
Former judge Gerard O’Brien's conviction for sexually abusing six young men upheld - Privacy Policy - Western People (opens the original)
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A former Circuit Court judge has failed in a bid to overturn his conviction for attempted rape and the sexual abuse of six young men when he was a teacher 30 years ago. In December 2023 Gerard O’Brien (61), of Old School House, Slievenamon Road, Thurles, Co Tipperary, was convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury of one count of attempted anal rape and eight counts of sexual assault in relation to six victims. The Court of Appeal heard that when O’Brien was interviewed on a voluntary basis by i
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