TRIAL OF OMAGH BOMB ACCUSED IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER
Trial of Omagh bomb accused is set for September
BY IAN GRAHAM
THE trial of a man accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing of August, 1998, will begin on September 6.
During a brief hearing at Belfast Crown Court, Mr Justice Weir set the start date for the trial of electrician Sean Hoey, 36, the only man charged in connection with the Real IRA atrocity.
The judge told prosecution and defence lawyers that he wanted nothing to interfere with the start of the trial.
"I cannot overestimate that we should stick to the agreed timetable," he told them.
It is expected that the trial will last for around six weeks.
Hoey, from Molly Road, Jonesborough, on the south Armagh border, was not present in court for the hearing.
He faces 58 charges relating to the Omagh bombing and a string of other bomb attacks carried out by the Real IRA.
Hoey will have been in custody for three years by the time his case comes to trial.
BY IAN GRAHAM
THE trial of a man accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing of August, 1998, will begin on September 6.
During a brief hearing at Belfast Crown Court, Mr Justice Weir set the start date for the trial of electrician Sean Hoey, 36, the only man charged in connection with the Real IRA atrocity.
The judge told prosecution and defence lawyers that he wanted nothing to interfere with the start of the trial.
"I cannot overestimate that we should stick to the agreed timetable," he told them.
It is expected that the trial will last for around six weeks.
Hoey, from Molly Road, Jonesborough, on the south Armagh border, was not present in court for the hearing.
He faces 58 charges relating to the Omagh bombing and a string of other bomb attacks carried out by the Real IRA.
Hoey will have been in custody for three years by the time his case comes to trial.
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Publisher: NEWS LETTER
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Published Date: 03-Jun-06
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