Judgment reserved in man’s fight to overturn soldier murder conviction after 42 years Stock image of the Royal Courts of Justice where the High Court and the Court of Appeal sit in Belfast, Northern Ireland © Liam McBurney/PA 18 Jun 2026 4:32 PM Judgment was reserved today in a Derry man’s bid to overturn his conviction…
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…
Legacy plans ‘attack on rule of law’ British government plans for a blanket ban on all Troubles-era prosecutions represent an unprecedented attack on the rule of law, the Court of Appeal heard yesterday. By The Newsroom, The Newsletter Tuesday, 5th April 2022, 8:10 am Counsel for two people bereaved during the conflict in Northern Ireland…