Colm Deely’s murder conviction quashed, retrial ordered

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Colm Deely’s murder conviction was quashed and a retrial ordered by the Court of Appeal, reported on 13 December 2016.

The decision followed concerns that former deputy state pathologist Dr Khalid Jabbar’s work had not been peer reviewed.

Deely had been convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury and received the mandatory life sentence in 2013.

He was remanded in custody to appear before the Central Criminal Court on 16 January.