Aaron Connolly to face retrial on charge of murdering Cameron Reilly

Remarks made by the judge at the original trial may have been perceived by the jury as 'disparaging' of the defence case and 'advocacy' for the prosecution

Aaron Connolly:  Having quashed the now 26-year-old defendant's conviction in May, the Court of Appeal ordered that he be retried on the murder charge. File picture: Collins Courts

Aaron Connolly, who spent three years in prison before his conviction for murdering teenager Cameron Reilly was quashed on appeal, will be retried at the Central Criminal Court later this year.

Having quashed the now 26-year-old defendant's conviction in May, the Court of Appeal ordered that he be retried on the murder charge.