Veronica Ryan
Years in prison:
0.33
Year of crime:
1989-1990
Year conviction was overturned:
2014
Veronica Ryan was convicted of offences linked to the interrogation and killing of a police informer. She was cleared of aiding and abetting false imprisonment on the basis of inadequate disclosure of directly elevant material on the question of whether a trial should have taken place.
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< Back to Case Search < Back to Overview Graph- Offence: Other
- Jurisdiction: Northern Ireland
- County: Belfast
- Ethnicity: Unknown
- Gender: F
- Years in prison: 0.33
- Offence convicted of: False imprisonment
- Year of crime: 1989-1990
- Year of initial conviction: 1990
- Year conviction was overturned: 2014
- Age when imprisoned: Unknown
- CCRC Referral: Y
- Post Office Case: N
- Tried with others: Y
- Link to full case: https://www.bailii.org/nie/cases/NICA/2014/72.html
- Compensation: No
- Link to compensation: https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2021/06/22/news/woman-whose-convictions-for-offences-linked-to-killing-of-police-informer-were-quashed-loses-new-legal-battle-for-compensati-2362564/
- Crown argued case at CofA: No
- Retrial: No
- Previous appeals: None