Paula Farrell murder conviction quashed, retrial ordered

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Paula Farrell had her murder conviction quashed and a retrial ordered by the Court of Appeal on 20 June 2018. The case concerned the death of Wayne McQuillan in Drogheda, Co Louth, on 1 January 2014.

Farrell had been convicted unanimously at the Central Criminal Court on 17 July 2015 after a 16-day trial. The Court of Appeal held that the evidence required the trial judge to leave provocation to the jury.

The appeal was allowed on the ground that the partial defence should have been considered. The judgment records that the court would quash the conviction and order a retrial.