2015-03-03
O'Reilly's miscarriage of justice bid an "abuse of process", appeal court told
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; In July 2007 Joe O'Reilly was convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife at their home in the Naul, Co. O'Reilly lost an appeal against conviction in 2009 while in August 2012 he failed in a subsequent attempt to have his conviction quashed after arguing his detention in the Midlands Prison was unlawful.