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Francis Rice murder: ‘Castlewellan three’ have 1981 conviction upheld

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Cyril Cullen died in 2016 and George Kirkpartick died in 2021.

Eric Cullen is the only surviving member of the Castlewellan Three.

Speaking to BBC Northern Ireland’s Spotlight programme in 2018, George Kirkpatrick recalled his police interview.

“They said: ‘Well you know why you are here.’

“And I says: ‘I have no idea why I am here.’

“He says: ‘You are in here for the murder of Francis Rice.’ And I think I said to them: ‘You have got the wrong man, I had nothing to do with that. Nothing whatsoever.'”

After several days of continuous questioning, Mr Kirkpatrick and the Cullens all signed confessions saying they carried out the murder together.

But all three claimed they had been tricked and coerced into the confessions by detectives.

The confessions were the only evidence against them.

They were all found guilty and served 14 years in prison.


BBC News

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