Evidence in Cork cold case 'insufficient' to prove murder, Noel Long's lawyers argue

A Cork man jailed for life after a cold case review ended in the oldest successful murder prosecution in Irish history has argued that his conviction should be quashed, as there was not enough evidence to prove the intent of murder.

Barristers for Noel Long, aged 77, submitted to the Court of Appeal that the prosecution had failed to prove Long did anything more than assault victim Nora Sheehan with "slaps and punches" to the head and face.

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