Colm Murphy

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Charge:	Conspiracy to cause explosion
Sentence:	14 years
Years Imprisoned:	3.33
Year Crime:	1998
Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	United Kingdom
County or Region of Crime:	Northern Ireland
City of Crime:	Omagh
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Colm Murphy was wrongly convicted on January 22, 2002 of conspiracy to cause an explosion by lending mobile phones to the gang who planted the car bomb in Omagh, Northern Ireland that killed 29 people on August 15, 1998, knowing they would be used in the bombing operation. After his conviction following a non-jury trial in the Dublin special criminal court, Murphy was sentenced to 14 years in prison. On January 20, 2005 the Court of Appeals for Northern Ireland quashed Murphy's conviction on two grounds: the trial judge mishandled evidence from two Irish detectives who were accused of illegally amending their interrogation notes, and the judge made references to Murphy's previous convictions -- which amounted to an "invasion of the presumption of innocence." Murphy was released on £83,500 bail pending his retrial. Murphy was acquitted on February 24, 2010 after a non-jury retrial. After his acquittal, Murphy told reporters, "I am glad to see it's all over." Murphy was the only person convicted of charges related to the bombing."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Murphy was acquitted on February 24, 2010 after a non-jury retrial."
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Age When Imprisoned:	49
Age When Released:	52
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Omagh bomb accused Colm Murphy cleared by retrial, By Staff writer, BBC News, February 24, 2010"
Information Location 1:	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8534193.stm
Information Source 2:	"Man jailed for Omagh bomb wins retrial, By Angelique Chrisafis (Ireland correspondent), The Guardian (London, UK), January 21, 2005"
Information Location 2:	http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jan/22/northernireland.angeliquechrisafis
Information Source 3:	"Colm Murphy,Wikipedia.org (last viewed 11-7-2015)"
Information Location 3:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colm_Murphy
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Colm Murphy

Charge:

Conspiracy to cause explosion

Sentence:

14 years

Years Imprisoned:

3.33

Year Crime:

1998

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

United Kingdom

County or Region of Crime:

Northern Ireland

City of Crime:

Omagh

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Murphy was acquitted on February 24, 2010 after a non-jury retrial."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

49

Age When Released:

52

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Omagh bomb accused Colm Murphy cleared by retrial, By Staff writer, BBC News, February 24, 2010"

Information Location 1:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8534193.stm

Information Source 2:

"Man jailed for Omagh bomb wins retrial, By Angelique Chrisafis (Ireland correspondent), The Guardian (London, UK), January 21, 2005"

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http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jan/22/northernireland.angeliquechrisafis

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"Colm Murphy,Wikipedia.org (last viewed 11-7-2015)"

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colm_Murphy

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