Patrick Livingstone

Years in prison:
17.5
Year of crime:
1975
Year conviction was overturned:
2013

Patrick Livingstone was convicted of the murder of Samuel Llewellyn. The only evidence against him at trial was from three Royal Ulster Constabulary officers who claimed that he confessed to the murder. On appeal, evidence of police brutality was presented. One man said he was beaten into signing a statement claiming that Livingstone admitted the shooting to him, but this was not disclosed to the defence. It was found that claims of police mistreatment were never tested and would have opened a line of enquiry that might have affected the credibility of the police witnesses. The court noted a significant sense of unease about the correctness of the verdict, and allowed the appeal.

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  • Offence: Murder
  • Jurisdiction: Northern Ireland
  • County: Unknown 
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: M
  • Years in prison: 17.5
  • Offence convicted of: Murder
  • Year of crime: 1975
  • Year of initial conviction: 1975
  • Year conviction was overturned: 2013
  • Age when imprisoned: 44
  • CCRC Referral: Y
  • Tried with others: N
  • Link to full case: https://www.bailii.org/nie/cases/NICA/2013/33.html
  • Compensation: Unknown
  • Crown argued case at CofA: Unknown
  • Retrial: No
  • Previous appeals: Unknown