GRAPHIC DETAILS RECOUNTED OF WHAT POLICE FOUND AFTER BOMB
Graphic details recounted of what police found after bomb
LAST Thursday, the trial of Sean Hoey continued with evidence being given by a woman who saw the bomb car being left in place at Market Street in Omagh on August 15, 1998.
Ruth Buchanan said she had parked her car waiting for her mother who was picking up groceries. She said she saw the two men getting out of the maroon-coloured car, one of them grinned at her before walking down Market Street with the vehicle's driver.
She said it was around 2pm and the car pulled into a space in front and the two men in their 20s got out.
She said that both the driver and passenger were "neat in appearance and looked like soldiers."
Ms Buchanan said the passenger made eye contact and grinned at her as he stood on the footpath.
She said that while he appeared "calm and relaxed" the other man "had a more serious expression" as he looked down Market Street. She noticed that both men walked down Market Street.
Evidence given to the trial contained gruesome detail of what police found after the bomb.
A police officer said that bodies, including that of a baby girl, littered the street after the explosion.
Several police officers and other witnesses have been giving evidence at Belfast Crown Court about the attack.
Another officer, Constable Alan Palmer, told the court he found it difficult "to take in the carnage he witnessed."
Sean Hoey, 37, from Jonesborough in County Armagh, denies 58 charges over a series of attacks.
These include the murders of 29 people who died in the bombing.
He is also charged with five other bombings, four bomb conspiracies and six murder conspiracies.
Constable Palmer, who was hurt in the explosion, said he saw a woman lying in the street with severe head injuries.
Another officer described laying out bodies as he looked for the injured. He said a baby girl was among the dead.
A policeman who arrived in the centre of Omagh after hearing the explosion said the scene he found was "horrific, with bodies, parts of bodies and casualties everywhere." Another described looking under rubble and debris in an attempt to find people injured, but he said he found only bodies. Some of the police officers looked visibly upset as the evidence was read out. It was also a difficult day for the families of the victims.
Some of the relatives were watching Thursday's court proceedings through a video link in Omagh.
The trial continues today (Monday).
LAST Thursday, the trial of Sean Hoey continued with evidence being given by a woman who saw the bomb car being left in place at Market Street in Omagh on August 15, 1998.
Ruth Buchanan said she had parked her car waiting for her mother who was picking up groceries. She said she saw the two men getting out of the maroon-coloured car, one of them grinned at her before walking down Market Street with the vehicle's driver.
She said it was around 2pm and the car pulled into a space in front and the two men in their 20s got out.
She said that both the driver and passenger were "neat in appearance and looked like soldiers."
Ms Buchanan said the passenger made eye contact and grinned at her as he stood on the footpath.
She said that while he appeared "calm and relaxed" the other man "had a more serious expression" as he looked down Market Street. She noticed that both men walked down Market Street.
Evidence given to the trial contained gruesome detail of what police found after the bomb.
A police officer said that bodies, including that of a baby girl, littered the street after the explosion.
Several police officers and other witnesses have been giving evidence at Belfast Crown Court about the attack.
Another officer, Constable Alan Palmer, told the court he found it difficult "to take in the carnage he witnessed."
Sean Hoey, 37, from Jonesborough in County Armagh, denies 58 charges over a series of attacks.
These include the murders of 29 people who died in the bombing.
He is also charged with five other bombings, four bomb conspiracies and six murder conspiracies.
Constable Palmer, who was hurt in the explosion, said he saw a woman lying in the street with severe head injuries.
Another officer described laying out bodies as he looked for the injured. He said a baby girl was among the dead.
A policeman who arrived in the centre of Omagh after hearing the explosion said the scene he found was "horrific, with bodies, parts of bodies and casualties everywhere." Another described looking under rubble and debris in an attempt to find people injured, but he said he found only bodies. Some of the police officers looked visibly upset as the evidence was read out. It was also a difficult day for the families of the victims.
Some of the relatives were watching Thursday's court proceedings through a video link in Omagh.
The trial continues today (Monday).
Further Information
Publisher: TYRONE HERALD
Ref: TYH/040
Published Date: 09-Oct-06
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