Quote Originally Posted by gynsman View Post
Think I've just spent the best part of an hour reading the posts on this thread and found it absolutely fascinating. I'd never been aware of any of the cases discussed until reading the thread. Just ordered a copy of George Skellys book with the library and look forward to reading it.
It's obvious that the whole affair was a tragic miscarriage of justice caused, in my opinion, by what appears to be a dubious "arm of the law". My heart goes out to the families of the victims who are no nearer now to seeing any sort of closure as they were 60 odd years ago.
I wouldnt be too sure of your last sentence. Mr Skelly's book was partly instrumental in having Kelly and Connolly's convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal in 2003. I'm sure he will succeed likewise in the cases of Devlin and Burns - both with his forthcoming book and his referral of the case to the CCRC.