Heavy security for Omagh car-supply trial
A labourer appeared in court today accused of supplying the car used in the Omagh bomb massacre.
Anthony Joseph Donegan, 34, was escorted into the dock amid heavy security in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh.
He denies getting the maroon Vauxhall Cavalier that Real IRA terrorists packed with 500lb of explosives in the August 1998 atrocity which killed 29 people, including the mother of unborn twins.
He hid under a sweater and crouched on the floor of a police car as he was driven into the courthouse.
During the brief hearing, Donegan, of Afton Drive, Dundalk, spoke only to confirm he understood the charge against him.
Laurence Rush, whose wife Libby died in the Omagh blast, was among those packed into the public gallery as the court heard Donegan was charged by detectives at Omagh police station last night.
He is accused of making available the Cavalier car with its original registration plates some time between August 11 and 16, 1998.
Police have already established that the vehicle was stolen across the border in Co Monaghan two days before the dissident republican terrorists devastated Omagh.
When charged, Donegan replied “Not guilty”, but a detective sergeant told the court he could connect him with the offence.
Magistrate Liam McNally remanded him in custody until March 8 to appear via video link at Omagh courthouse.
