OMAGH SUSPECT IN FAKE PASSPORT PROBE COURT TOLD
Omagh suspect in fake passport probe, court told
BY LESLEY-ANNE HENRY
lhenry@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
OMAGH bomb suspect Liam Campbell is being investigated over claims he tried to obtain a fake British passport, a court has heard.
The 46-year-old dissident republican, who is wanted on weapons charges in Lithuania, is alleged to have applied to the Identity and Passport Agency using the false name John Campbell.
Details emerged yesterday as the 46-year-old from Upper Faughart, Dundalk was refused bail while a judge decides whether extradition proceedings against him should be held in Northern Ireland or the Republic.
Campbell was arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act in Bessbrook, Co Armagh nearly a fortnight ago. He was taken to the PSNI's Serious Crime Suite in Antrim where he was questioned for four days about alleged involvement in the Omagh explosion that killed 29 people including a woman pregnant with twins.
The veteran republican, thought to have been the Real IRA's second-in-command in 1998, was released without charge but was immediately re-arrested under a European Arrest Warrant issued in Lithuania.
At Belfast Recorders Court yesterday Crown Barrister Steve Ritchie QC said detectives were currently investigating information provided by the Identity and Passport Agency that the defendant had applied for false travel documents.
Judge Tom Burgess was shown a document including a photograph and told facial mapping could be used to identify Campbell as the applicant.
Appealing for bail solicitor Peter Corrigan said his client would "honour and engage" with any restrictions imposed by the court.
The judge declined bail and the case has been adjourned for a full hearing on June 19.
BY LESLEY-ANNE HENRY
lhenry@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
OMAGH bomb suspect Liam Campbell is being investigated over claims he tried to obtain a fake British passport, a court has heard.
The 46-year-old dissident republican, who is wanted on weapons charges in Lithuania, is alleged to have applied to the Identity and Passport Agency using the false name John Campbell.
Details emerged yesterday as the 46-year-old from Upper Faughart, Dundalk was refused bail while a judge decides whether extradition proceedings against him should be held in Northern Ireland or the Republic.
Campbell was arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act in Bessbrook, Co Armagh nearly a fortnight ago. He was taken to the PSNI's Serious Crime Suite in Antrim where he was questioned for four days about alleged involvement in the Omagh explosion that killed 29 people including a woman pregnant with twins.
The veteran republican, thought to have been the Real IRA's second-in-command in 1998, was released without charge but was immediately re-arrested under a European Arrest Warrant issued in Lithuania.
At Belfast Recorders Court yesterday Crown Barrister Steve Ritchie QC said detectives were currently investigating information provided by the Identity and Passport Agency that the defendant had applied for false travel documents.
Judge Tom Burgess was shown a document including a photograph and told facial mapping could be used to identify Campbell as the applicant.
Appealing for bail solicitor Peter Corrigan said his client would "honour and engage" with any restrictions imposed by the court.
The judge declined bail and the case has been adjourned for a full hearing on June 19.
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Publisher: BELFAST TELEGRAPH
Ref: BT/1138
Published Date: 02-Jun-09
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