Shaun Hegarty
Years in prison:
3
Year of crime:
2013
Year conviction was overturned:
2016
Shaun Hegarty was convicted of aggravated burglary. The conviction was based on identification evidence. The appeal was quashed on the basis of concerns over the reliability of the identification evidence. Although the injured party picked Hegarty out of a line up, the other two witnesses failed to do so. A victim impact report also showed that the victim may have obtained photos of the defendant and this was a possible contamination of the identification process. Hegarty’s burglary conviction was quashed, but he remained in prison serving a separate 18 year jail term for murder.
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- Jurisdiction: Northern Ireland
- County: Londonderry
- Ethnicity: Unknown
- Gender: M
- Years in prison: 3
- Offence convicted of: Burglary
- Year of crime: 2013
- Year of initial conviction: 2013
- Year conviction was overturned: 2016
- Age when imprisoned: Unknown
- CCRC Referral: N
- Tried with others: N
- Link to full case: Not available
- Type of fresh evidence at appeal: Evidence relating to the reliability of witness testimony
- Compensation: Unknown
- Crown argued case at CofA: Unknown
- Retrial: Unknown
- Previous appeals: Unknown