Greek jail ordeal continues for couple

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.

Julie Marku, nee O’Reilly, had been praying for an end to the ordeal she and her husband, Mark have endured for the past four years but spent the weekend trying to come to terms with their hopes being dashed again.

“It just feels like we can’t win. No matter what we do, no matter who we bring, we just can’t seem to get the court to look at the evidence,” she said from the Greek island of Crete.