In what was perceived as a substantial win for Quirke in his quest to have his 2009 conviction for the 2011 murder quashed, the Supreme Court ruled in March that gardaí had unlawfully searched the contents of the computer seized from Quirke’s home.
Quirke’s trial was told the computer was used for internet searches on the rate of decomposition of human remains and the limitations of forensic DNA.The court ruled that a physical analysis of a digital device was permitted but its use as a “portal into the digital world” was a more significant intrusion into privacy rights and such an intention should have been raised in the warrant application so the digital search could be judicially authorised.
Quirke pleaded not guilty to Mr Ryan’s murder but was convicted, by a 10:2 jury verdict, following a 13-week trial. The prosecution argued that circumstantial evidence established he had murdered Mr Ryan, his alleged love rival.and agreed to hear a further appeal due to the importance of the issues raised.
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