John McDevitt Case – CCRC Refers 4 further 1986 Convictions back to NI Court of Appeal

PRESS RELEASE ON BEHALF OF JOHN MCDEVITT CCRC REFERS 4 FURTHER CONVICTIONS TO THE COURT OF APPEAL ISSUED BY HARTE COYLE COLLINS, SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES 10TH APRIL 2025 John McDevitt’s lawyer confirmed today that the Criminal Cases Review Commission in Birmingham has referred 4 further convictions dating 1986 to the NI Court of Criminal Appeal…

Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates make Dalradian Gold Mine Inquiry Notes Publicly Available

Harte Coyle Collins make Dalradian Gold Mine Inquiry notes publicly available with support of the PILS Project The Public Local Inquiry into the controversial Dalradian gold mine (‘the Curraghinalt Project’), due to run from January to March 2025, sat for only three of the planned twenty-one days of hearings before procedural failings by the Department…

Anne Cadwallader

Anne Cadwallader was born in London and graduated in English from Exeter University in 1979.  After a scholarship year at City University, London, completing post-graduate studies in journalism, she joined Westminster Press in Yorkshire before starting work in 1981 with the BBC in Belfast and Dublin. Since then she has worked for RTE (producer, Morning…

Soldier ‘more than likely’ shot dead schoolboy, coroner finds – BBC News 16th December 2024

Soldier ‘more than likely’ shot dead schoolboy, coroner finds Image source,PA MediaImage caption, Patrick Crawford was shot dead while walking through the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital in 1975 Published 16 December 2024 An unidentified British Army soldier was responsible “more likely than not” for the fatal shooting of a schoolboy in the grounds…

Acquitted – Scottish man accused of posting ‘drug dealer list’ on republican Facebook page cleared Belfast Crown Court jury deliberated for 20 minutes before finding Andrew Stephen Rae not guilty

A Scottish man has been acquitted on a terrorist charge arising from a screenshot of a list of alleged drug dealers in Belfast which he posted on a Republican Facebook page. After deliberating for around 20 minutes on Wednesday, a jury at Belfast Crown Court returned a unanimous ‘not guilty’ verdict against Andrew Stephen Rae.…

Conviction referred to the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal by CCRC due to concerns over police credibility

PRESS RELEASE FROM CRIMINAL CASE REVIEW COMMISSION (30TH OCTOBER 2024) A case in which police credibility has been questioned has been referred to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC). John McDevitt was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1986, after an attack on members of the British…

Carol Murphy

Carol Murphy is an artist, writer, filmmaker and performer from Belfast. She studied Fine Art Painting at the University of Northumbria, Ateliers ’63 in Amsterdam and exhibited in Europe. An MA in Film Theory; work in radio at BBC London and film journalism for magazines such as Film Ireland, Flux Magazine and Filmwaves brought her…

Stephen Presley

Stephen Presley is an acclaimed producer and director, with a distinct directing style that has captivated the attention of the industry. He started working from the ground up, taking any job he could to learn more about the filmmaking process. He won the LA Film Festival IFS and several other accolades from all over the…