John Gilligan
Granted Supreme Court appeal
Convicted drug dealer John Gilligan has won another opportunity to have his conviction overturned by the courts.
Today the Court of Criminal Appeal granted him an appeal to the Supreme Court on two specific points of law.
The Supreme Court will be asked to clarify the circumstances under which evidence from witnesses in a Witness Protection Programme is inadmissible in a criminal trial.
It will also be asked to rule on the nature of the corroborative evidence required from accomplice witnesses who have participated in a Witness Protection Programme.
John Gilligan is serving a 25-year jail term.
