Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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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: |
"Brian McNally, Osgur Breatnach and Nicky Kelly were codefendants wrongly convicted of committing the Sallins Mail Train Robbery on March 31, 1976 that netted the robbers 200,000 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 |
Information Source 1: |
"Sallins Mail Train Robbery, Wikepedia online" |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallins_Mail_Train_Robbery |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org