Making a Murderer's Brendan Dassey has conviction overturned

Making a Murderer's Brendan Dassey has had his murder conviction overturned by a federal court judge.

Dassey, 26, was found guilty of the first-degree intentional homicide, second-degree sexual assault, and mutilation of a corpse in 2007.

He was accused of murdering Teresa Hallbach in 2005 alongside his uncle Steven Avery, with the crime later made the subject of hit Netflix series Making a Murderer.

The show cast major doubts on the investigation and verdict and generated huge public interest in the case.

A federal judge in Milwaukeee reportedly ruled to overturn the conviction earlier today, meaning Dassey will regain his freedom unless the state will decides to retry him and he is found guilty again.

Dassey was just 17 at the time of the crime, and has a lower than average IQ.

He was sentenced to life with no parole for 41 years following the guilty verdict, but after today's judicial ruling he is set to be released from jail in the next 90 days.