REAL IRA STATEMENT A LIE WHICH BEGGARS BELIEF COURT TOLD
Real IRA statement a lie which 'beggars belief, court told
LORD Brennan said the case had been brought by a number of Omagh families - two who had lost wives, two bereaved by the loss of a son or daughter, who were claiming for physical injuries and 12 who had suffered psychological damage.
He said they were seeking aggravated, punitive and exemplary damages against the five men.
He said, if successful, any award would be relentlessly enforced and said they would seek money from the Real IRA, the 32 County Sovereignty
Movement - its alleged political wing - and the Irish Prisoners' Welfare Organisation, as well as the five men.
He said some of the Omagh families or victims had not joined in the action, some had joined but then left.
But he said, the six families who brought the case to court 'never faltered in their resolve or determination to pursue this to the end'.
"It is our case that the defendants have tried to stop the plaintiffs getting to the truth," he said.
If successful, it would send out the message that "every terrorist will have to live in fear that their assets, their homes, their belongings, may be taken from them".
He said it was the plaintiffs' case that those behind the bombing had set out to cause massive carnage, and he rejected statements made by the Real IRA in the wake of the bombing, that they had not intended injury or death, purely commercial damage.
That, he said, was a lie which 'beggars belief.
LORD Brennan said the case had been brought by a number of Omagh families - two who had lost wives, two bereaved by the loss of a son or daughter, who were claiming for physical injuries and 12 who had suffered psychological damage.
He said they were seeking aggravated, punitive and exemplary damages against the five men.
He said, if successful, any award would be relentlessly enforced and said they would seek money from the Real IRA, the 32 County Sovereignty
Movement - its alleged political wing - and the Irish Prisoners' Welfare Organisation, as well as the five men.
He said some of the Omagh families or victims had not joined in the action, some had joined but then left.
But he said, the six families who brought the case to court 'never faltered in their resolve or determination to pursue this to the end'.
"It is our case that the defendants have tried to stop the plaintiffs getting to the truth," he said.
If successful, it would send out the message that "every terrorist will have to live in fear that their assets, their homes, their belongings, may be taken from them".
He said it was the plaintiffs' case that those behind the bombing had set out to cause massive carnage, and he rejected statements made by the Real IRA in the wake of the bombing, that they had not intended injury or death, purely commercial damage.
That, he said, was a lie which 'beggars belief.
Further Information
Publisher: TYRONE CONSTITUTION
Ref: TC/1937
Published Date: 10-Apr-08
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