Couple pleas to come home as legal nightmare drags on

The head of the Irish Innocence Project has criticised the Greek justice system after a Carlow woman’s husband who is fighting to clear his name of crimes independent evidence shows he did not commit was prevented from attending his own appeal hearing in that country.

Barrister David Langwallmer, who is also co-director of the European Innocence Network, attended the hearing in the Greek Supreme Court on behalf of Julie and Mark Marku, and said it lasted barely an hour and left him more sceptical than ever about the impartiality of the judiciary.

“The idea that someone can’t attend their own hearing is totally bizarre. Clearly they did not want him to be there because they did not want him to talk,” he said.