A court has ruled that Brian Meehan can proceed with his bid to have his conviction for the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin declared a miscarriage of justice.
The Court of Criminal Appeal has ruled that the Director of Public Prosecutions attempt to have Meehan’s case thrown out was ill conceived.
It’s also refused to have a preliminary hearing to address issues such as whether his miscarriage of justice claim is an abuse of process.
The 47 year old from Crumlin has spent almost 15 years serving a life sentence for the 1996 murder of Veronica Guerin following his conviction by the Special Criminal Court.
He was found to have driven a motorcycle up alongside the Sunday Independent’ journalist’s car on the Naas Road allowing his pillion passenger to fire the fatal shots.
He says new facts have come to light that will show his conviction was a miscarriage of justice.
The DPP claim there are no new facts - they say his case is wholly without merit.
