OMAGH ACCUSED DENIED LEAVE TO APPEAL
Omagh accused denied leave to appeal
TWO men held liable for the Omagh bombing were yesterday denied authorisation to appeal to the Supreme Court in London
Senior Judges in Belfast refused to grant leave for jailed Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt and fellow dissident republican Liam Campbell.
They also rejected applications by Seamus Daly, who faces a civil retrial over the atrocity, and by the victims' relatives who brought the landmark action.
Lawyers for the defendants and plaintiffs are all now set to petition the Supreme Court directly in a bid to have their arguments heard.
Earlier this year both McKevitt and Campbell lost their challenges against being found responsible for atrocity which killed 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins.
No-one has been convicted of the Real IRA bomb attack which devastated the Co Tyrone market town In August 1998.
McKevitt, a convicted Real IRA leader serving a 20-year jail sentence. Campbell, a farmer from Co Louth who is fighting extradition to Lithuania over an alleged arms-smuggling plot, Colm Murphy, a Dundalk-based builder and publican Daly, from Culaville, Co Monaghan, were all held liable for the bombing in a civil ruling delivered in June 2009.
They were ordered to pay relatives of the victims �I.6 million In compensation.
In July this year appeals by Murphy and Daly against the verdict were upheld. Both men were ordered to face civil retrials.
Daly's legal team are seeking to challenge that outcome, claiming it would be unfair for him to have to defend the allegations again.
The victims' relatives who brought the lawsuit also want to go before the Supreme Court in an attempt to win more punitive exemplary damages.
Alongside that, they are seeking a ruling that Campbell should be sued as an alleged representative of the Real IRA.
TWO men held liable for the Omagh bombing were yesterday denied authorisation to appeal to the Supreme Court in London
Senior Judges in Belfast refused to grant leave for jailed Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt and fellow dissident republican Liam Campbell.
They also rejected applications by Seamus Daly, who faces a civil retrial over the atrocity, and by the victims' relatives who brought the landmark action.
Lawyers for the defendants and plaintiffs are all now set to petition the Supreme Court directly in a bid to have their arguments heard.
Earlier this year both McKevitt and Campbell lost their challenges against being found responsible for atrocity which killed 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins.
No-one has been convicted of the Real IRA bomb attack which devastated the Co Tyrone market town In August 1998.
McKevitt, a convicted Real IRA leader serving a 20-year jail sentence. Campbell, a farmer from Co Louth who is fighting extradition to Lithuania over an alleged arms-smuggling plot, Colm Murphy, a Dundalk-based builder and publican Daly, from Culaville, Co Monaghan, were all held liable for the bombing in a civil ruling delivered in June 2009.
They were ordered to pay relatives of the victims �I.6 million In compensation.
In July this year appeals by Murphy and Daly against the verdict were upheld. Both men were ordered to face civil retrials.
Daly's legal team are seeking to challenge that outcome, claiming it would be unfair for him to have to defend the allegations again.
The victims' relatives who brought the lawsuit also want to go before the Supreme Court in an attempt to win more punitive exemplary damages.
Alongside that, they are seeking a ruling that Campbell should be sued as an alleged representative of the Real IRA.
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Publisher: THE IRISH NEWS
Ref: IN/1061
Published Date: 03-Dec-11
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