A convicted bomber's campaign to clear his name ended in failure in the Court of Appeal in Belfast today
Three judges unanimously dismissed a second appeal by Christy Walsh, a 37-year-old Belfastman who now lives in Cork.
In 1992 he was convicted of possessing a coffee jar bomb in Suffolk Road and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment.
In 1994 he lost an appeal but his case was referred back to court by the Criminal Cases Review Commission the body set up to investigate alleged miscarriages of justice.
Walsh, who comes from the Falls Road, was released from prison in 1998.
At the hearing last June, fresh evidence was provided by an eye-witness and forensic expert but the new testimony was rejected in yesterday's reserved judgement.
The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Robert Carswell, who heard the appeal with Lord Justice Nicholson and Mr Justice Coghlin, said the evidence of the eye-witness Mr Conor Bradley was not worthy of belief.
"We reject it as being a false account and we do not believe that he was there at all," said Sir Robert. "The fact that such clearly false evidence was called by the appellant removes support from his case rather than adding it."
The judge added the forensic evidence added nothing to the trail.
Walsh's solicitor said he would consider whether there are grounds for an appeal to the House of Lords.