Man leaves court with his head high and his name cleared after 38 years

ALMOST 40 years after he was convicted of the unlawful killing of a 19-year-old civil servant, Martin Conmey finally had his name cleared of the crime yesterday.

There were emotional scenes in the Court of Criminal Appeal as presiding judge, Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman announced the decision of the three-judge court to quash the conviction.

Mr Conmey, 59, of Porterstown Lane, Ratoath, Co Meath, was found guilty in July 1972 of the manslaughter of Una Lynskey a few months earlier and served a three- year prison sentence.