Ex nun's rape conviction was miscarriage of justice, rules court

A former nun who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape of a young girl was today declared the victim of a miscarriage of justice.

Nora Wall, 57, was convicted in 1999 along with a homeless man of the attack on the girl at St Michael’s Childcare Centre in Cappoquin, Co Waterford on an unknown date in 1987 or 1988.