Court to review SF man's murder conviction

A Sinn Féin Assembly member is to have his conviction for the murder of a policeman reviewed by the Court of Appeal, it emerged today.

Raymond McCartney, a former head of the IRA in the Maze Prison and now an MLA for Foyle, and fellow Derry man Eamon McDermott were convicted of the murder of off- duty Detective Constable Patrick McNulty in January 1977.