Reserved judgement in State's bid to dismiss Peter Pringle damages claim

The High Court has reserved judgement on the State's application to dismiss a damages claim brought by Peter Pringle, whose murder conviction was overturned in 1995 after he served nearly fifteen years in prison. Pringle was originally convicted by the Special Criminal Court of murdering two gardaí during a bank robbery in Ballaghaderren, County Roscommon, in 1980, and received a death sentence later commuted to…