Ross Outram refused appeal permission over murder conviction

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Ross Outram was refused permission by the Supreme Court to appeal his murder conviction, reported on 15 November 2021. He was convicted of murdering 90-year-old Paddy Lyons at Loughleagh, Ballysaggart, Lismore, County Waterford, and sentenced to life in prison.

Three Supreme Court judges held that Outram’s application did not meet the constitutional test for leave to appeal. The court also rejected arguments about causation and proposed new forensic evidence concerning Lyons’s hat.