Stephen Cahoon granted more time to appeal murder conviction

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Stephen Cahoon was granted more time to appeal his murder conviction at the Court of Appeal on 5 February 2016.

Cahoon had been convicted of murdering Jean Teresa Quigley after a third trial and sentenced to life imprisonment on 3 December 2015. His lawyers sought an extension because he was one day out of time, and the judge agreed. The offence occurred at Cornshell Fields in Derry on 26 July 2008.