[Margaret Pilkington]

The lad was convicted on evidence of which we have no knowledge.
If jurors had any doubt then they would have brought in a not guilty verdict.
A unanimous verdict and they did not deliberate for very long either.

The earlier trial being abandoned because of a fake confession may have damaged any defence that there might have been....you do not try to fake a confession unless you think that there is a chance of things not going your way.

I don't know whether he did or not...but the due process of law has been followed and he takes the consequences of that