Further convictions of man jailed for soldier murder referred to court of appeal
Further convictions of a man jailed for life for the murder of a British soldier have been referred to the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland.
John McDevitt was convicted at Belfast Crown Court in 1986 of the murder of Private Neil Clark, and the conviction was upheld by the Court of Appeal in 1987.
Private Clark was killed on Easter Monday 1984 by a gunshot wound to the head after getting out of a Land Rover which had been set on fire with a petrol bomb at Bishop Street in Derry.
Last October McDevitt’s murder conviction was referred by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) to the Court of Appeal, after concerns about the credibility of police Свидетели.
Адвокатите му обявиха, че CCRC към този момент е показал четири спомагателни присъди в Апелативния съд.
Те включват две преброявания на раняването с желание, пробвайки се да причинят GBH с желание и владеене на огнестрелни оръжия с желание, които се отнасят до същата инциден...
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