Sinn Fein councillor’s conviction for attack on RUC soccer team found unsafe

Trio hail quashing of convictions over 1989 attack plot on police football team

Declan Murphy, Declan Moen and Conor Gilmore were convicted in 1991 over the plan. The quashing of the “wrongful convictions” of three men in connection with a planned bomb attack on a police football team in 1989 has been hailed. Declan Murphy, Declan Moen and Conor Gilmore were convicted for possession of explosive substances with intent relating to a bomb which was planted at Limavady Football Club’s ground ahead of a match against the RUC. O…

Sinn Fein councillor’s conviction for attack on RUC soccer team found unsafe

“Our clients case always was that they were set up by a state agent,” solicitor says