The Irish Innocence Project have expressed concern at further delays in the appeal court hearing of a man sentenced to 18 years in prison in Greece for robberies he could not have committed because he was in Ireland at the time.

The Irish wife of a man jailed in Greece for crimes independent evidence shows he could not have committed is making last-minute preparations today for the long-awaited appeal hearing she hopes will free him.

The head of the Irish Innocence Project has said he is shocked and troubled by the handling of a case involving the husband of an Irishwoman who is jailed in Greece after his appeal was postponed for reasons described as “absurd”.

An Irishwoman fighting to free her husband from a Greek jail has secured the backing of Innocence Project lawyers to challenge his detention.