50 YEARS ON AND SALLINS CASE STILL BEFORE COURTS.
The State failed to produce their defence to Osgur Breatnach’s Miscarriage of Justice Claim at the Appeal Court hearing on 24th Oct last. They must do so by Dec 12th at whch time a date for a full hearing of the application will be set.
Mr Breatnach’s lawyers have filed an application under section 9 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1993, seeking to have his prosecution certified as a miscarriage of justice.
The application cites RTÉ investigations into the so-called ‘Heavy Gang’ alleged to have extracted false confessions from a number of detainees in the 1970s and 1980s.
Human rights lawyer Kevin Winters said: “We say the information now widely known about the gardaí who tortured Osgur, together with the systemic practices of the so called ‘Heavy Gang’, requires fresh judicial oversight.
Court Ref: 114CPA/2925
