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What happened to the Gardai who took Joanne Hayes' false confession?
2. Superintendent John Courtney was promoted to Chief Superintendent (after a period of desk duty).

Courtney was involved in the interrogation of Christy Lynch in 1976. His conviction for murder - based on a false confession - was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1981.
3. Supreme Court found that Lynch's confession could not possibly have been true & overturned his murder conviction. DPP v Christopher Anthony Lynch [1981] I.L.R.M. 389

Courtney was involved in over a hundred murder investigations throughout almost four decades on the force.
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Joanne Hayes is CONCLUSIVELY NOT the mother of murdered baby John #kerrybabies
"We can conclusively state that Joanne Hayes is not the mother" - Superintendent Flor Murphy
"Ireland was a different place in 1984. We would hope hat in the Ireland of 2018 that people will be more prepared to come forward" #kerrybabies
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