The head of the Irish Innocence Project has criticised the Greek justice system after a Carlow woman’s husband who is fighting to clear his name of crimes independent evidence shows he did not commit was prevented from attending his own appeal hearing in that country.

A Carlow woman whose husband is jailed in Greece, for crimes international justice campaigners have shown he could not have committed, has spoken of her heartbreak after his appeal shaved only a fraction off his 18-year sentence.