OMAGH BOMBING MANS SON GUILTY OF EXPLOSIVE CHARGE
Omagh bombing man's son guilty of explosive charge
TWO Co Louth men were convicted at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday of having a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.
Conan Murphy (25), with an ad-dress at Plaster, Mount Pleasant in Dundalk, was found guilty of the possession of explosive substances at Aghaboys, Mount Pleasant.
He is the son of Colm Murphy who was convicted of conspiracy to cause the 1998 Omagh bombing - which killed 29 people including a woman pregnant with twins - but was then acquitted on appeal and cleared at a retrial.
However, Murphy snr was one of four men found liable for the Real IRA bombing in a civil action taken by some of the families of those killed.
Murphy jnr's co-accused, 58-year-old Philip McKevitt of Aghaboys, Mount Pleasant, was also found guilty of the possession of explosive substances at his home on the same date of May 22 2010.
During the trial the court heard that gardai who raided McKevitt's home discovered in an outbuilding an adapted advertising trailer constructed for the purposes of concealing two gas containers which had been modified to cause an explosion. The court heard evidence during the trial, which started in November, that gardai had placed the address in Co Louth under surveillance aspart of an operation focusing on the suspected movement and manufacture of vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices by members of the IRA.
The court also heard that gardai uncovered 377 metres of green-camouflaged wire which was intended to be used as a 'command wire' from a firing pack.
TWO Co Louth men were convicted at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday of having a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.
Conan Murphy (25), with an ad-dress at Plaster, Mount Pleasant in Dundalk, was found guilty of the possession of explosive substances at Aghaboys, Mount Pleasant.
He is the son of Colm Murphy who was convicted of conspiracy to cause the 1998 Omagh bombing - which killed 29 people including a woman pregnant with twins - but was then acquitted on appeal and cleared at a retrial.
However, Murphy snr was one of four men found liable for the Real IRA bombing in a civil action taken by some of the families of those killed.
Murphy jnr's co-accused, 58-year-old Philip McKevitt of Aghaboys, Mount Pleasant, was also found guilty of the possession of explosive substances at his home on the same date of May 22 2010.
During the trial the court heard that gardai who raided McKevitt's home discovered in an outbuilding an adapted advertising trailer constructed for the purposes of concealing two gas containers which had been modified to cause an explosion. The court heard evidence during the trial, which started in November, that gardai had placed the address in Co Louth under surveillance aspart of an operation focusing on the suspected movement and manufacture of vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices by members of the IRA.
The court also heard that gardai uncovered 377 metres of green-camouflaged wire which was intended to be used as a 'command wire' from a firing pack.
Further Information
Publisher: THE IRISH NEWS
Ref: IN/1065
Published Date: 25-Feb-12
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