VIDEO HISTORY MADE AT COLM MURPHY TRIAL
Video history made at Colm Murphy trial
THE re-trial of Colm Murphy made legal history yesterday (Wednesday) when the Irish Special Criminal Court sat in Belfast via a live video link.
The court is sitting as part of the re-trial of Colm Murphy, 57, from Jordan's Corner, Ravensdale, Dundalk for his alleged role in the Omagh bombing.
The 57-year-old, who is a native of Co Armagh but with an address at Ravensdale, Co Louth, has pleaded not guilty to conspiring with another person to cause an explosion likely to endanger life or cause serious injury between August 13 and August 16,1998.
Twenty-nine men, women and children, and unborn twins, were killed in the explosion when the car bomb devastated Omagh on August 15, 1998.
It is the first time lawyers in the Irish Republic have been able to question witnesses giving evidence in a court in the North.
The court heard evidence from one civilian witness and two retired police officers, including Chief Superintendent Hamilton Houston, who headed the initial investigation.
Senior counsel in the Republic, Tom O'Connell ended the link with a wave of his hand, telling the Special Criminal Court's panel of judges that 'we've finished with Belfast.'
THE re-trial of Colm Murphy made legal history yesterday (Wednesday) when the Irish Special Criminal Court sat in Belfast via a live video link.
The court is sitting as part of the re-trial of Colm Murphy, 57, from Jordan's Corner, Ravensdale, Dundalk for his alleged role in the Omagh bombing.
The 57-year-old, who is a native of Co Armagh but with an address at Ravensdale, Co Louth, has pleaded not guilty to conspiring with another person to cause an explosion likely to endanger life or cause serious injury between August 13 and August 16,1998.
Twenty-nine men, women and children, and unborn twins, were killed in the explosion when the car bomb devastated Omagh on August 15, 1998.
It is the first time lawyers in the Irish Republic have been able to question witnesses giving evidence in a court in the North.
The court heard evidence from one civilian witness and two retired police officers, including Chief Superintendent Hamilton Houston, who headed the initial investigation.
Senior counsel in the Republic, Tom O'Connell ended the link with a wave of his hand, telling the Special Criminal Court's panel of judges that 'we've finished with Belfast.'
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Publisher: ULSTER HERALD
Ref: UH/1987
Published Date: 21-Jan-10
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