http://www.irishnews.com/news/2016/08/23/news/pfc-accuses-police-of-blocking-ombudsman-derry-four-report-663135/ POLICE have been accused of blocking the delivery of a final Police Ombudsman’s report into the case of four Derry men wrongly accused of murdering a British soldier. The case of the Derry Four – Gerry Kelly, Gerry McGowan, Michael Toner and Stephen Crumlish – centred on the Provisional IRA shooting of Lieutenant…
Harte Coyle Collins are proud to continue supporting the legal vocational training course at Queen’s University Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS), Belfast. The firm sponsors a prize on an annual basis for the best Arrest Procedure exercise completed by trainee lawyers. The prize winner for 2015-2016 was trainee solicitor Miss Anna McNulty. One of…
On the 29th February 2016 the NI Court of Criminal Appeal quashed a conviction of one count of concealing criminal property under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 against our client Ms Heather Ramsey. The conviction was quashed as a result of tenacity on the part of the defence legal team in questioning the manner…
Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Solicitor Advocates, act on behalf of Mr Peter Greer who was convicted with Jamie Smith of the murder of Duncan Morrison, the attempted murder of Stephen Ritchie and possession of firearms before a jury at Newtownards Crown Court sitting in Downpatrick in March 2013. Mr Greer was sentenced to a…
The Troubles: Inquest judge accuses MoD of advising soldiers to apply for anonymity 19 January 2016 Image captionThe judge made his comments during the second day of a two-week review into 56 legacy cases A senior judge has accused the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of delaying court proceedings and inquests by routinely advising former soldiers…
Teenager ‘may have been shot dead by soldier in 1975’ A preliminary hearing was held in Belfast’s Laganside court A teenager shot outside a Belfast hospital over 40 years ago may have been killed by a soldier, a coroners’ court has heard. Patrick Crawford, 15, was hit while walking through the grounds of the Royal…
“A major review of inquests into some of the most controversial killings during the Troubles got under way on Monday. There are 56 cases involving 97 deaths. They include killings by police officers and soldiers, and others where there are allegations of state collusion. As the review got under way in Belfast, the time taken…
ITV3 will screen a documentary, “Executed”, at 9pm on Monday the 2nd November 2015 in relation to the miscarriage of justice case involving Liam Holden. Mr Holden was the last man to receive the death penalty in the UK in 1973 but protested his innocence from the time of his arrest on the 16th October…
The parents of Gary Moore, shot dead on a building site in Newtownabbey on the 6th December 2000, have today asked the Chief Constable to subject the DNA evidence found on two items, including a revolver believed to have been used in the murder, to fresh forensic analysis. Gary Moore, a Catholic father of two…
EUROPEAN COURT RULES THAT LEGAL SAFEGUARDS REGARDING COVERT SURVEILLANCE OF A DETAINEE’S CONSULTATION WITH HIS LAWYER WERE INSUFFICIENT In today’s Chamber Judgment the case of RE –v- United Kingdom the European Court of Human Rights held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 8 (Right to Respect for Private and Family Life,…
