Osgur Breatnach’s wrongful conviction for Sallins train robbery declared a miscarriage of justice

Osgur Breatnach’s wrongful conviction for the Sallins train robbery half a century ago has now been declared a miscarriage of justice. AdvertisementAt the Court of Appeal on Tuesday, Judge Isobel Kennedy said a newly discovered fact shows that there has been a miscarriage of justice. She said there was no dispute from the Director of Public Prosecutions that that constitutes a newly discovered fact. She noted that Breatnach asserts in his affidavit that he had “no hand, act or part” in the Sallins train robbery. In December 1978, Breatnach and two others were convicted by the Special Criminal Court on their statements.