A date has been set for Patrick Quirke's Supreme Court appeal for the murder of Bobby 'Mr Moonlight' Ryan.
Mr Quirke is serving a life sentence for the murder of Bobby Ryan.
Last year, the farmer from Breanshamore, Co Tipperary, failed to convince the Court of Appeal that his conviction should be quashed.
Bobby Ryan went missing in June 2011 after spending the night with his partner, Mary Lowry.
Date set for Patrick Quirke’s Supreme Court appeal.
A one-day hearing before the highest court in the land has been pencilled in for October 25th.
Patrick Quirke is serving a life sentence for murdering his love rival; local DJ Bobby ‘Mr Moonlight’ Ryan.
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Patrick Quirke, who had an affair with Ms Lowry, was the one who found his body in an underground tank on her farm two years later.
The so-called Mr Moonlight trial that followed ended with him being convicted of murdering the local DJ.
Family members of Bobby Ryan carried his picture to the Central Criminal Court to hear the verdict, 01-05-2019. Image: Leah Farrell/RollingNewsOne year later, his lawyers put forward their arguments as to why they believe he didn’t get a fair trial, but in the end, his conviction was deemed to be safe.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a further appeal in relation to two specific issues: the validity of a search warrant used in the murder investigation and the DPP’s discretion to call expert witnesses in areas of objective, non-partisan and/or scientific evidence.
A one-day hearing before the highest court in the land has been pencilled in for October 25th.
