I don't think it does, really - Josie had already seen him in an ID parade and didn't pick him out, her description of the man's height and build didn't match and, like I said previously, the story accompanying the picture was about Michael Stone being found guilty, so very leading.
I read another article claiming that Shaun Russell has always had niggling doubts about the conviction and said if he'd been on the jury, he'd probably have been one of the two against returning a guilty verdict. I'll see if I can find the link and post it later - I need to fix my washing machine for now.