The Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed a Meath man's 40-year-old conviction for the manslaughter of a young woman, whose body was found in a ditch in December 1971 some two months after she had disappeared.

“Every effort” will be made by the Court of Criminal Appeal to “fix a date” this month for final arguments to be made in the case of a Meath man who is attempting to quash his 40-year-old conviction for the manslaughter of Una Lynskey.

A former “murder squad” member told the Court of Criminal Appeal today that “no violence whatsoever” was “ever” used against a Meath man, by gardaí investigating the disappearance of Una Lynskey almost 40 years ago.

Documents relating to the investigation into the killing of Una Lynskey in 1971 were stored in a disused toilet after they were moved from a “rat infested” former Garda Station, the Court of Criminal Appeal heard today.

A then 20-year-old man being questioned over the death of Una Lynskey in 1971 was shown a photograph of another suspect “lying in a ditch, dead” by gardaí investigating her killing, a court has heard today.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has fixed a further three days for the hearing of an application brought by a Meath man who is seeking to overturn his 40-year-old conviction for manslaughter.

The Court of Criminal Appeal today heard how a statement was taken from a man suspected of being involved in the disappearance of a 19-year-old civil servant, when he was “mentally drained” and sleep deprived.

A Meath man attempting to clear his name over of the killing of Una Lynskey almost 40 years ago claims he “made up stories” about events on the evening the young woman disappeared “out of fear” and “under duress”.

A key witness in the State’s case against Martin Conmey for the killing of a teenager almost 40 years ago claims he was assaulted and interrogated by investigating gardaí who “put words” in his mouth.

A bid by a Meath man to have his 40-year-old conviction for manslaughter quashed, opened at the Court of Criminal Appeal today.

A bid by a Meath man to quash his conviction for killing a teenager in the Wicklow Mountains almost 40 years ago, opens at the Court of Criminal Appeal next week.