A man who acted with others in the stabbing of a 28-year-old faces a retrial after the Court of Appeal overturned his murder conviction in a decision which drew relevance from a landmark UK Supreme Court ruling on joint enterprise.

A man who acted with others in the stabbing of a 28-year-old in Blanchardstown four years ago, has moved to appeal his conviction for murder.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband was tonight urged to intervene after an extraordinary row erupted between the British courts and the US administration over the release of documents relating to allegations of torture.