Minister must give court papers to ex-nun wrongfully convicted of rape

The justice minister has been ordered to hand over documentation which Nora Wall, a former nun, says she needs for her miscarriage-of-justice case over her wrongful conviction for raping a 12-year-old girl.

Ms Wall, aged 65, is seeking High Court damages against the State over the DPP’s decision to bring the rape case to trial.

She claimed the justice minister, the State, and the DPP knew, or ought to have known, the complainant and an allegedly corroborating witness had lied in their statements to gardaí.