Murphy, Bernard
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Bernard Murphy was convicted in February 1992 of murder and received a sentence of life imprisonment.
The CCRC inherited an application for review of the conviction from the Home Office in March 1997.
A major issue at trial had been whether or not the victim had been armed with a gun which he had used to threaten Mr Murphy.
During review, the CCRC obtained new evidence indicating that the police had information showing that the victim had possessed a gun. This had not been disclosed to Mr Murphy’s defence team.
The CCRC referred the conviction in October 1999.
The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction in February 2002.