Eric Cullen, Cyril Cullen, and George Kirkpatrick were convicted of the murder of Francis Rice in 1981.
Eric Cullen, Cyril Cullen, and George Kirkpatrick were convicted for the murder of 17-year-old Francis Rice in 1981
George Kirkpatrick and brothers Eric and Cyril Cullen served 14 years in prison for the murder of catholic teenager Francis Rice in Castlewellan in 1975. A three-judge panel at the Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that it was not satisfied that the safety of those convictions had been undermined.Catholic teenager Francis Rice was abducted and stabbed to death. His body was dumped in a laneway.
In 1981, Mr Kirkpatrick and the Cullens received life sentences over the murder although none of them were ever involved with paramilitaries and refused to serve their time on loyalist prison wings.The only evidence against the trio was their signed confessions which they claimed they were tricked and coerced into making during police interviews.
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