timothy rattigan’s murder conviction challenge dismissed

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timothy rattigan’s application concerning his murder conviction was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 15 February 2016. The application argued that a Supreme Court decision on search warrants amounted to a new fact requiring a retrial.

The court agreed with earlier reasoning that the Supreme Court decision could not be treated as a newly discovered fact in a finalised case. It concluded that the application was bound to fail and dismissed the proceedings.