Man serving life sentence for murder of Cameron Reilly has conviction quashed

The Director of Public Prosecutions now has to decide whether to apply for a retrial of the accused, Aaron Connolly

On the seventh day of the trial, Aaron Connolly (pictured here in 2022) had made admissions through his lawyers that he performed oral sex on Cameron Reilly on the night he was killed. File picture: Collins Courts

Aaron Connolly, who has spent over three years in jail serving a life sentence for the murder of teenager Cameron Reilly, has had his conviction quashed on appeal.

The Court of Appeal found on Monday that the trial judge's charge to the jury lacked balance and in parts may have been seen as “advocacy” for the prosecution case.