NO DPP RESPONSE TO SALLINS MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE CLAIM
Breatnach’s was tortured and framed with the other Sallins Men (Brian McNally, Nicky Kelly, Michael Plunket,John Fitzpatrick, Michael Barret) for a train robbery in 1976. The case exposed a government torture policy that continued into ( at least) the 1990s.
It has also galvanised Amnesty International, Fair Trials Int., all Irish Human Rights organisations, and a wide cross section of political, religious, community and trade union support for an independent public inquiry, as demanded by international law.
After almost nine months of delay, Osgur Breatnach’s historic application hearing for a Miscarriage of Justice Certificate has been set for July 21st before the High Court.
Mr Breatnach’s application under section 9 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1993, seeks to have his prosecution certified as a miscarriage of justice.
The application, in a 49 page affidavit, cites a government press release in 1993 stating that he should never have been charged in the first place.
RTÉ investigations into the so-called ‘Heavy Gang’ alleged to have extracted false confessions from a number of detainees in the 1970s and 1980s are referenced in his affidavit.
However, the DPP has stil not filed its response to Breatnach’s controversial 57 Article affidavit.
