Osgur Breatnach

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Charge:	Robbery (includes armed robbery)
Sentence:	9 to 12 years
Years Imprisoned:	4
Year Crime:	1976
Year Convicted:	1976
Year Cleared:	1980
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Ireland
County or Region of Crime:	Kildare
City of Crime:	Salinas
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Osgur Breatnach, Nicky Kelly and Brian McNally were codefendants wrongly convicted of committing the Sallins Mail Train Robbery on March 31, 1976 that netted the robbers 200m pounds. Only evidence of guilt was confession signed under duress. Conviction quashed in 1980 and released after four years imprisonment."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession extracted under duress.
Innocence Proved By:	Conviction quashed because only evidence of gult was confesson extracted under duress.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
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Osgur Breatnach

Charge:

Robbery (includes armed robbery)

Sentence:

9 to 12 years

Years Imprisoned:

4

Year Crime:

1976

Year Convicted:

1976

Year Cleared:

1980

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Ireland

County or Region of Crime:

Kildare

City of Crime:

Salinas

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession extracted under duress.

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction quashed because only evidence of gult was confesson extracted under duress.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Sallins Mail Train Robbery, Wikepedia online"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallins_Mail_Train_Robbery

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