BOMB MATERIALS FOUND AFTER HOME RAID
Bomb' materials found after home raid
BY BRIAN HUTTON
ONE of the men accused of the Omagh bomb gave selective explanations for suspected explosive materials found at his home, a court has heard.
Liam Campbell also denied a diary and mobile phone recovered in the raid belonged to him, a detective said.
The convicted terrorist and four other men are being sued by six families who believe they were responsible for the blast which killed 29 people, injuring hundreds more.
Detective Garda Anthony Hearty said Campbell adopted a "no response" and "no reply" attitude to interrogation.
And he said he gave selective explanations to some of the exhibits recovered from his home which were shown to him under questioning.
The investigating officer said that Campbell first denied any knowledge of tubing - similar to that used by the Real IRA for improvised bombs - found at his home, but later claimed he got it at a scrapyard to be used for petrol and diesel.
The accused said that he bought disposable face masks in Jonesboro, Co Armagh ,days before his arrest to be used for weeding his garden, according to the detective.
Asked about walkie talkies and a CB radio he made no reply, but when pressed about insulating tape, similar to that used for improvised bombs, he denied ownership.
"His reply was: "That tape is not mine'," Detective Garda Hearty told the hearing, sitting at the District Court in central Dublin.
Michael McKevitt, the alleged leader of the Real IRA; Campbell, said to be his number two; Colm Murphy; Seamus McKenna and Seamus Daly all deny any involvement in the massacre in the Co Tyrone town on a busy Saturday afternoon in August 1998.
BY BRIAN HUTTON
ONE of the men accused of the Omagh bomb gave selective explanations for suspected explosive materials found at his home, a court has heard.
Liam Campbell also denied a diary and mobile phone recovered in the raid belonged to him, a detective said.
The convicted terrorist and four other men are being sued by six families who believe they were responsible for the blast which killed 29 people, injuring hundreds more.
Detective Garda Anthony Hearty said Campbell adopted a "no response" and "no reply" attitude to interrogation.
And he said he gave selective explanations to some of the exhibits recovered from his home which were shown to him under questioning.
The investigating officer said that Campbell first denied any knowledge of tubing - similar to that used by the Real IRA for improvised bombs - found at his home, but later claimed he got it at a scrapyard to be used for petrol and diesel.
The accused said that he bought disposable face masks in Jonesboro, Co Armagh ,days before his arrest to be used for weeding his garden, according to the detective.
Asked about walkie talkies and a CB radio he made no reply, but when pressed about insulating tape, similar to that used for improvised bombs, he denied ownership.
"His reply was: "That tape is not mine'," Detective Garda Hearty told the hearing, sitting at the District Court in central Dublin.
Michael McKevitt, the alleged leader of the Real IRA; Campbell, said to be his number two; Colm Murphy; Seamus McKenna and Seamus Daly all deny any involvement in the massacre in the Co Tyrone town on a busy Saturday afternoon in August 1998.
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Publisher: THE IRISH TIMES
Ref: IT/497
Published Date: 30-May-08
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