Successful murder appeal

Richard Egan recently acted in the successful appeal against the conviction for murder of a Mr Martin Inglis.

Mr Inglis’s case went to a full hearing at the court of appeal, where it was successfully argued that his conviction was unsafe due to flawed medical evidence at the first trial. The issues were complex and related to the difficulties of properly diagnosing Bi Polar disorder, and the effects that illness would have on the mental responsibility of a sufferer.

Mr Inglis has been granted a re- trial which is due to be heard in September this year.