Boost for Julie’s fight to free husband

A Carlow woman who has been fighting to free her husband from a Greek jail in a campaign backed by the Irish Innocence Project has finally received some good news after their five-year ordeal.

Julie Marku’s husband, Mark, has been granted temporary leave from prison and is now allowed a period of freedom every two months. He has also been told he will be eligible for full-time parole next April.

However, he is determined to continue his fight to clear his name after being convicted of a series of robberies that evidence verified by the Innocence Project shows he could not have committed — not least because he was in Ireland when some of the key crimes occurred.