Scientist casts doubt on convicted murderer's confession

A confession made by a Co Galway man convicted of the murder of an elderly woman over 25 years ago was the work of more than one person, a scientist told the Court of Criminal Appeal today.

Dr Michael George Farringdon, who was giving evidence in an appeal brought by Galway man Michael Joseph Kelly who is seeking to quash his conviction for the murder of 8- year-old Margret Glynn, said that by using a method known as the QSUM method, which is used to analyse authorship, he was able to deduce that the confession that Mr Kelly gave to gardaí in November was the work or more than one person.