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- Julie Ann McIlwaine won a Court of Appeal ruling that overturned her murder conviction.
- The judges said jurors were misdirected on her loss-of-control defence.
- Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan declared the conviction unsafe, giving prosecutors two weeks to consider a retrial.
- McIlwaine, 35, wept via videolink from Hydebank Prison while serving a minimum 12-year term.
