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Posted August 03. 2013 2:02PM

Bulger link seen in motion for retrial in Lowell man's conviction for 1972 murder in NH

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ROBERT BREEST

CONCORD, N.H. -- A key piece of evidence that sent Robert Breest to prison for the past four decades for a murder he says he didn't commit was the testimony of a jailhouse snitch with ties to James "Whitey" Bulger's gang, according to court documents.

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