COURT FREES POLICE SUSPECT
Court frees police suspect
JUST one of the four men arrested by gardai hunting the Omagh bombers was still in custody today.
And in a landmark judgement one of the four has successfully challenged the Republic's new anti-terrorist laws.
The High Court in Dublin last night ordered Deaglan Lavery (23) should be released from custody after a judge ruled his solicitor should have access to notes of his interviews while in police custody.
Lavery, of Sliabh Foy Park in Dundalk, was one of three men arrested on Wednesday by gardai investigating the Real IRA bombing.
Under the Republic's anti-terrorist laws suspects can be detained for 48 hours with a further 24 hours detention by order of a district court judge.
Lavery was due to be freed by 7am today unless police charged him but last night his lawyers brought a habeas corpus application before a High Court judge in Dublin, which was successful.
His barrister, Patrick Gageby, claimed Lavery's solicitor was denied access to notes of interviews with his client while he was in police custody.
Mrs Justice Catherine McGuinness ruled that Lavery should be freed as his constitutional rights had been denied.
The man still in custody was picked up in Dundalk yesterday afternoon and taken to Monaghan for questioning.
JUST one of the four men arrested by gardai hunting the Omagh bombers was still in custody today.
And in a landmark judgement one of the four has successfully challenged the Republic's new anti-terrorist laws.
The High Court in Dublin last night ordered Deaglan Lavery (23) should be released from custody after a judge ruled his solicitor should have access to notes of his interviews while in police custody.
Lavery, of Sliabh Foy Park in Dundalk, was one of three men arrested on Wednesday by gardai investigating the Real IRA bombing.
Under the Republic's anti-terrorist laws suspects can be detained for 48 hours with a further 24 hours detention by order of a district court judge.
Lavery was due to be freed by 7am today unless police charged him but last night his lawyers brought a habeas corpus application before a High Court judge in Dublin, which was successful.
His barrister, Patrick Gageby, claimed Lavery's solicitor was denied access to notes of interviews with his client while he was in police custody.
Mrs Justice Catherine McGuinness ruled that Lavery should be freed as his constitutional rights had been denied.
The man still in custody was picked up in Dundalk yesterday afternoon and taken to Monaghan for questioning.
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Publisher: BELFAST TELEGRAPH
Ref: BT/0447
Published Date: 03-Oct-98
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