Mick Clifford: Death doesn't answer the question of whether Peter Pringle was the third man

Peter Pringle claimed he was ‘wrongly convicted’ of murdering two gardaí, but there is no evidence to suggest he was not the third man involved in a crime that resulted in the two deaths, writes Special Correspondent Mick Clifford

In the eyes of the law, Peter Pringle (pictured) was innocent of the crime of murder. Yet there are many people with knowledge of this case who are convinced he was the third man. Picture: Andrew Downes

The news reports marking the death of Peter Pringle this week noted that he had been “wrongly convicted” of murdering two gardaí. 

That is debatable and weighed with nuance. His conviction was deemed unsafe and a retrial ordered, but it never took place. Whether or not he was wrongly convicted, he was certainly blessed with luck.